How to Use culotte in a Sentence

culotte

noun
Definition of culottenext
  • Opt for a pair of culotte-style jeans that cinches your waist and adds curves with a wider leg.
    — Kami Phillips, CNN Underscored, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The culotte may be the trickiest trouser, but that hasn't stopped celebrities from pulling it off.
    — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2018
  • That battle was fought and won in 2017 by the Sans-cravates movement, a nod to the sans-culottes of the French Revolution.
    — Arnaud Montreuil, Quartz at Work, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The experts also like capris, culottes, and jumpsuits (but no rompers).
    — Fortune, 22 June 2017
  • Add a crop top and denim culottes like Union's, and your look is the Canadian tuxedo's Parisian cousin.
    — Whitney Perry, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Her head-to-toe green ensemble included a ribbed scoop-neck long-sleeve shirt and a pair of culottes.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Cyrus wore a Chanel tweed jacket and culottes on the red carpet, along with Chanel accessories.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Feb. 2019
  • This was Patti at home, dressed in sweatshirt, stretch culottes and slippers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The Duchess, who earlier in the day had been sporting culottes and a shirt, changed into an Erdem dress to show the Queen around her garden.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 21 May 2019
  • With spring right around the corner, there’s no better time to shop the duchess’s exact pair of sneakers below—along with some green culottes to complete the look.
    — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Out stepped a model wearing a blazer and plaid culottes, a look that could have come from the ’80s but felt utterly modern.
    — Lisa Birnbach, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Her style choices also have been compared to Kennedy's – for instance her fondness for culottes and cropped pants.
    — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 14 June 2019
  • And along one wall is a rail of discreet white and black and marinière striped linen and silk, cotton and denim; culottes, shirtdresses, tunics and cashmeres.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 8 June 2016
  • There were plenty at the Fall 2023 show, from culottes to bloomers with camellia pockets to completely sheer lace bike shorts worn over white lace stockings.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Prices have since dropped, but not so much that the chef offers much more than a trio of steaks, including lean but flavorful culotte, cut from top sirloin.
    — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
  • McCardell’s postwar bicycling culottes were a streamlined version of the hybrid skirt/trousers of the turn of the century.
    — Christine Ro, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2018
  • From a fire engine red blazer paired with a white shirt and wide-leg beige culottes to a red purse and large red heart painted on a long sleeve white shirt, red was well represented.
    — John-John Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Or, the billowy mixed-print floral slips, retro jackets, micro-gingham wrap dresses, and the brown culotte jumpsuit.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2021
  • While her culottes and sweater are unsurprisingly sold out, Kate’s exact pair of sneakers are back in stock and available now.
    — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Among the offenses at which Burke takes aim is the seizure of Catholic Church property, which the sans-culottes had justified on grounds that the clergy was oppressive and corrupt.
    — Liam Warner, WSJ, 11 July 2019
  • It is similarly known as rump cover, sirloin cap or culotte and is a triangular cut with a thick layer of fat, aka the fat cap.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • The entire list of items is too large to print in full, but highlights include: cardigans, culottes, cargo pants, rompers, pocket squares, and slippers along with the standard Kanye stuff, like tees and sweatshirts.
    — Cam Wolf, GQ, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Until 1971, a sign informed dining room and bar patrons that turtlenecks were not an acceptable substitute for a tie, and pantsuits and culottes were no-noes.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Take inspiration from this Australia Fashion Week attendee and try out the culotte trend, paired with chic lace-ups, a tennis sweater and classic blazer.
    — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Apr. 2015
  • So have the increasing popularity of high-necked blouses, square tops that hide curves, culottes and jumpsuits.
    — Rafia Zakaria, The New Republic, 12 June 2018
  • The Secret Life of the American Teenager star wore a cropped baby tee with striped culottes, clearly showing the souvenir of her kidney donation.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Also, skirts, culottes and dresses shorter than mid-thigh aren't permitted.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Lively walked the red carpet solo in her figure-hugging, bedazzled blazer and flowy, wide-legged culottes.
    — Andrea Park, Glamour, 20 Aug. 2018
  • Models marched past wearing neon-green jackets, metallic culottes, and sheer-pink gingham dresses.
    — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Browne's collection was a confectionery of colors — a Laduree macaron box of pastels in pink, lemon and mint — complete with the cage-like panniers of a petticoat, sometimes sans culotte.
    — Rhonda Richford, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2019

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