How to Use tailcoat in a Sentence

tailcoat

noun

• Her husband William wore breeches with his tailcoat and white tie.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• In the Royal Enclosure, that also means a top hat and a vest or waistcoat and tailcoat.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2022
• There, men were required to wear an ascot tie with a tailcoat jacket.
  — Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 9 May 2018
• In society, a handsome man who talks well and has a good tailcoat can go anywhere.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Mar. 2022
• On a break between takes, Harland, wearing a leather tailcoat, steps outside to get some fresh air.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
• Holes aside, the Duke of Sussex looked quite dapper in his tailcoat, vest, pinstripe pants, and sunglasses.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Aug. 2018
• For its Fall 2018 collection, Sonia Rykiel gives the tailcoat a modern spin.
  — Vogue, 3 Oct. 2018
• The women in the clip wore high-collared Victorian dresses, the men black tailcoats.
  — John Jeremiah Sullivan, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2016
• The actor, who plays Van Palmer on the beloved show, wore a tuxedo tailcoat typically worn with white tie and tuxedo shirt.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
• The dance’s energetic moments did have flecks swirling around the floor and clinging to Astaire’s tailcoat.
  — Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 25 May 2023
• Meanwhile, Charles donned a black tailcoat tuxedo and white bow tie for the diplomatic dinner.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2023
• For the latter track, Madonna sports a punky tailcoat by Findikoglu, inspired by an archival blazer that the singer wore for a performance in Japan back in the ’80s.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2023
• Tuxedo details Trump’s tuxedo consisted of five pieces: The black jacket (known as a tailcoat), a white shirt, a white tie, a white vest and black pants.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 4 June 2019
• Your synapses will be safe once again when the British mentalist Derren Brown hangs up his tailcoat and blindfold.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 15 June 2017
• Your synapses will be safe again when the British mentalist Derren Brown hangs up his tailcoat and blindfold.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 22 June 2017
• According to the GQ Style Guide published in 2010, the look comprises black tailcoat and trousers with a white shirt, white vest (generally of piqué cotton), and white bow tie.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 26 Apr. 2022
• Men must wear traditional morning dress: a black or grey tailcoat, striped trousers, a waistcoat and a top hat, even when the temperatures soar.
  — Steven Stolman, Town & Country, 18 June 2019
• Pictured arriving at Westminster Abbey, his black wool and mohair peak lapel tailcoat is worn with a matching double-breasted vest and trousers, a white shirt, and gray tie.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 19 June 2023
• Harry, 33, looked dapper in his traditional tailcoat and top hat.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 19 June 2018
• Men came dressed in tailcoats and top hats, while women paired fascinators with colorful dresses.
  — Cara Zimmerman, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2017
• Men came dressed in tailcoats and top hats, while women paired fascinators with colorful dresses.
  — Cara Zimmerman, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2017
• At the time, members of the diplomatic corps — practically all men — were expected to own a cutaway tailcoat and striped trousers for formal receptions.
  — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
• For women that meant tailcoat bodysuits worn with fishnet stockings and and for men that meant tuxedos with cutaway jackets accessorized with floppy bow ties.
  — Adam Tschorn, latimes.com, 13 June 2018
• This type of hummingbird has a long beak that appears to examine flowers the way a doctor might examine a patient; further, the black crest and tails of the bird resemble the top hat and long tailcoats doctors once wore.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
• Men’s and women’s looks referenced the tailcoat and top hat traditionally worn by that circus performer.
  — Adam Tschorn, latimes.com, 13 June 2018
• In Ophelia’s mad scene, Brenda Rae, smeared with mud and wearing only a man’s tailcoat and underwear, exploded with rage and sexuality.
  — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 18 May 2022
• Caius Folkerts, 12, was enthusiastically doing his first fitting of an Eton tailcoat.
  — Emma Bubola, New York Times, 6 July 2023

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024