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'wear' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'wear' with 20 example sentences.


wear noun

: impairment resulting from long use

: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

: the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment

wear verb

: be dressed in

: have on one's person

: have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality

: deteriorate through use or stress

: have or show an appearance of

: last and be usable

: go to pieces

: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

: put clothing on one's body


  • Luckily, all of the passengers were wearing seat belts.
  • I wore black pants and a white T-shirt yesterday.
  • The policeman is wearing a gas mask.
  • I thought you were going to wear your new suit.
  • He's wearing a white cotton shirt.
  • The clothes she wears are always plain.
  • She wore a pirate costume for Halloween.
  • What kind of clothes do you like to wear?
  • The school rules require students to wear school uniforms.
  • Why do you wear so much makeup?
  • Why are you wearing my shoes?
  • I do not like wearing anybody else's clothes.
  • Many of the people in the crowd were wearing masks.
  • Do you really want to wear that?
  • I often wear sunglasses when I'm driving.
  • Whose jacket are you wearing?
  • These soldiers are wearing civilian clothes.
  • I'm never going to wear these shoes again.
  • Some women are attracted to men who wear uniforms.
  • Do you wear a hearing aid?
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