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- verb Present participle of
blouse .
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Examples
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I do know that blousing your trousers works because I have used it without the spray and never had a tick.
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I do know that blousing your trousers works because I have used it without the spray and never had a tick.
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The camera may add ten pounds, but a blousing-out shirt adds another 15.
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How could I “look better than they do” if my shirt was blousing out between my belt and my suit button?
Born Standing Up Steve Martin 2007
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In addition to all the comments about the long, lean lines of the 30's being exaggerated, I'd also add that lots of 30's dresses feature soft shirring and blousing for the tops and sleeves; I can get away with these because the extra volume on top balances my big hips.
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But seeing him now, standing next to the Taylor family, the sun brightening his ash-blond hair, a slight breeze blousing up his salmon-colored shirt—he looked so appealing that the sight of him now thrilled me a little.
Indie Girl Kavita Daswani 2007
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But seeing him now, standing next to the Taylor family, the sun brightening his ash-blond hair, a slight breeze blousing up his salmon-colored shirt—he looked so appealing that the sight of him now thrilled me a little.
Indie Girl Kavita Daswani 2007
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She rolled the sleeves and adjusted the blousing at the waist.
The Vineyard Barbara Delinsky 2000
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She rolled the sleeves and adjusted the blousing at the waist.
The Vineyard Barbara Delinsky 2000
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Nothing inside the boots but a pair of blousing bands.
Trumps of Doom Zelazny, Roger 1985
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