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dolled up

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verb

past tense of doll up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolled up
Adjective
  • And Just Like That… is, for lack of a more elegant term, so goddamn weird this season.
    Emma Bocchi, Vogue, 6 June 2025
  • The newest model continues to fuse advanced materials with Japanese craftsmanship and cutting-edge technology to create a timepiece that is durable, precise and elegant.
    Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • The latest continues the super-clean and minimalist design but in a stone blue dial decorated in guilloché and a Grain d’Orge (barley grain) motif.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Many were richly decorated with coral and colored glass.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This installation for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Cantor Roof Garden comprises four sculptural elements that explore the sonic and formal potential of simple stringed instruments.
    Caitlin Woolsey, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • Square limestone columns with a wavy, striated design stand between the formal living and dining areas.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 June 2025
Verb
  • Enter the front door into the living room adorned by a wood-burning fireplace and tall ceilings.
    Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The restaurant’s interior is striking, with luminous jellyfish decorations and a hallway adorned with what appears to be a vast, stylized fish skeleton.
    Coke Bartrina, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Arriving together in a car, The Hunger Games star, 34, and Madame Web actress, 35, almost matched in dressy casual looks, the former in an all-black ensemble and the latter in a black top, brown blazer and gray dress pants.
    Jack Smart, People.com, 2 June 2025
  • With three oversized bows at the front, this tweed shift dress is a dressy option for evening events.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • Boxwood is covered in burlap and snow fence is draped around trees and shrubs to prevent deer from devouring them.
    Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Another is draped in what appears to be a long, black, crushed-vinyl overcoat.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Much like you would with a slice of cake, try your doughnut a la mode!
    Gerry Frank | For The Oregonian/OregonLive, oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Dessert is a choice of cherry doughnut bread a la mode or chocolate lover’s cheesecake.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • Rangel, a mustachioed, natty dresser rarely seen with a hair out of place, hardly had a reputation for a shy and retiring personality.
    Daily News Staff, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
  • Early stretches of Ep. 1 immerse audiences in Korea 1915, then dramatically cuts to Japan in 1989 as protagonist Sunja’s grandson, a bank executive, strides down a modern street in a natty suit and flamboyant tie.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Dolled up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dolled%20up. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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