How to Use necktie in a Sentence

necktie

noun
Definition of necktienext
  • At the match, George looked like Will's mini-me in a smart blue suit and a necktie.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 18 July 2021
  • This isn’t the first time neckties have gotten a bad rap.
    — Laura Newberry, latimes.com, 12 July 2018
  • The top of the two-piece featured a halter necktie and bustier cups.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 July 2023
  • There are the usual neckties and socks or breakfast in bed.
    — Benjamin Naughton, CNN, 14 June 2019
  • The tux itself is made of black and gold-colored duct tape, as is his necktie.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2023
  • In late May, Brian Galindo walked to the front of the Coates library and slipped a necktie over his clothes.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
  • People have been predicting the death of the necktie for about 50 years, or most of my adult life.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Break out those green Adam Smith neckties hanging in the back of your closet.
    — James Pethokoukis, TheWeek, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Do the servers’ Tom Ford suits have elastic waistbands and clip-on polyester neckties?
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018
  • He was found bludgeoned with a brick and strangled with his own necktie.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Those items included a necktie, dog leash, shirt, socks, shorts and a t-shirt.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 13 June 2023
  • It’s been more than a year since Curtis Wilson tied a necktie.
    — oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Sage Nelsen’s line, which featured tops, bottoms and a full skirt, made from neckties.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 July 2023
  • Videos demonstrate the donning of hijabs and saris, and the making of the Panama hat and the sevenfold necktie.
    — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Use a cotton t-shirt as a blindfold and a necktie or pair of stockings to make handcuffs.
    — Gigi Engle, SELF, 28 Sep. 2018
  • In a statement Kimmel said Philbin came to him in a dream and asked him to do the show with the promise of his own necktie collection.
    — David Blank, CNN, 8 Apr. 2020
  • On May 7, an inmate grabbed Mitchell’s necktie and attempted to attack him through the bars on a cell.
    — Ames Alexander and Gavin Off, charlotteobserver, 26 Oct. 2017
  • He was buried in one of his favorite neckties, featuring bulls, bears and stock quotes.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 13 June 2019
  • Oscar Medrano donned a long-sleeve T-shirt that looked like a Christmas sweater and necktie.
    — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • There was no belt, no ornate jewelry: the necktie was the focal point.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Ibarra has taken some of his students shopping for their first suit and showed them how to tie a necktie.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
  • At the Grammys this year, Finneas wore a pink Gucci suit, finished off with a thin black necktie tied into a bow.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2021
  • One was a sergeant with a shaved head whose uniform was half untucked and missing buttons, his necktie ripped and crooked.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2022
  • But, in practice, the four necktie knots are different.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Smith started 1,000 Ties after noticing her son one day watching a YouTube video to learn how to tie a necktie.
    — Melodie Smith, cleveland, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Sedgewick tells the story of a small Denver necktie maker called Los Wigwam Weavers.
    — Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2020
  • His uniform was half untucked and missing buttons, and his necktie was ripped and crooked.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2021
  • It was based on a crossword puzzle and employed squares of silk necktie fabric.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Across the cafeteria, a red-faced guy in a necktie chewed in a trance; a garage attendant leafed through a heap of newspapers.
    — Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Get the slippers, get a striped nightshirt that can be worn as a dress, maybe get a rosette brooch made out of necktie material.
    — Marisa Meltzer, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2023

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