How to Use corset in a Sentence

corset

1 of 2 noun
  • Her chocolate brown lace corset and jeans.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Vergara's love for the corset trend runs deep.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Iris slipped into a red-hot corset look for their all-nighter.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The singer wore a navy corset dress by the designer.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
  • A lot of corsets, a lot of bad shoes, genetics.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The corset acted as a base for the black fabric of the dress.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Her corset dress featured a sheer panelling around her waist.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Then there was black leather corset minidress with a dramatic red hot cape.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 22 Feb. 2026
  • In fact, white pants are great with lots of dainty tops—camisoles, corsets, and tube tops.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The corset was not very comfortable.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The body of the dress was a corset style and the bottom was full of feathers.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • And, of course, who could forget her nude corset dress lined with real hair?
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 22 Feb. 2026
  • This was followed by a nude corset dress at Mugler.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The pop star went pantsless in a plunging ivory satin corset dripping in pearls.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Swap your white tee for a flirty corset and pair it with your favorite baggy jeans.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, InStyle, 16 June 2026
  • The corset was comprised of pieces bought through the internet.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2025
  • It was composed of a red satin balconette cone bra and a teeny beige corset miniskirt.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Aug. 2023
  • At this point, there's no telling how many corsets Vergara has in her closet.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 14 Mar. 2026
  • There were sequels, corsets, and movie romances in an age when the genre was dying.
    — Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
  • There’s also a corset, evening gowns, cocktail dresses and a menswear shirt.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The top featured a corset bodice with lace fastening in the back in red, blue and white stripes.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 23 June 2026
  • The look featured a black and gold corset and red velvet overcoat, a top hat and tall boots.
    — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
  • Yai appeared at the ceremony in a white and ivory satin corset-style gown.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The rapper wore a brown snakeskin corset and matching shorts, brown leather belt and blue-green heeled boots.
    — Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
  • She is shown in a red gingham bikini and a brown corset with animal ears and a tail.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Madonna is seen sitting next to a bidet, wearing a black corset and a cross necklace.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Alba wowed in a red corset with classic blue jeans, showcasing her flat midriff.
    — Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
  • Stone didn’t wear a corset underneath, which gives the costumes a modern feel to them.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Cue the fancy gowns, corsets, and pastels—Bridgerton is back.
    — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 8 Mar. 2026

corset

2 of 2 verb
  • Her waist was corseted, and her nose affixed with prosthetics.
    — refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Try to keep your torso and pelvis neutral and stable, while corseting your ribs inward.
    — Leslie Barrie, Woman's Day, 4 Apr. 2017
  • Big day bags in jewel tones and calf-corseting gladiator pumps are new to the lineup.
    — Phoebe Eaton, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Mar. 2011
  • Who knew that just placing a hand on a woman’s corseted waist would be so scandalizing and induce pearl-clutching?
    — Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, 26 Feb. 2020
  • So there was a kind of metamorphosis into this bigger, shapely women, who's very corseted.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 28 Sep. 2019
  • In past seasons, an influx of overly complicated swimwear options have emerged–from prints to cut-outs, corseting to retro chic.
    — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 July 2017
  • The singer’s look, a chartreuse and navy blue tartan corset high low dress with straps and a major leg moment, was by Christian Dior.
    — Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 12 Sep. 2024
  • But the part of the outfit that stood out the most was a see-through crystal corset the Fifty Shades of Grey star wore underneath.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The model, 52, wore a plunging black-and-white lace corset dress that featured a dramatic ballgown-style black skirt.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • The Kardashians star also posted mirror selfies, showing her nude bra and corset peeking through.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
  • For women, the new workout gear includes fishnet tights and corseted unitards—gym get-ups yet to reach the local Y or senior center.
    — Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2020
  • As reported the fall collection was a fun one, full of hot pink fur, dark denim and flocked trousers, corset stitching on jackets and bits of slinky lingerie fused with dress shirts.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The night was stacked with celebrities and featured plenty of Swift, who arrived at the award show wearing a green tartan corset with a matching train and long black leather gloves.
    — CBS News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Candice Donnelly’s period-hopping costumes include checked suits and corseted gowns, and a lot of hair dye.
    — New York Times, 14 May 2018
  • This powder pink corseted off the shoulder gown is yet another example of Randolph looking glamorous and on trend.
    — Alex Badia, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
  • On top, the Skims founder turned up the drama with a vintage Dominique Sirop haute couture corset from 1999.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • My chest tightens up a little, suddenly corseted, and my vision tunnels like one of those old Western photos in which everyone is grim-faced.
    — Hillary Kelly, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Kim Kardashian was spotted in New York City in a black leather corset top with a dramatic fur trim and long fringe hanging down each side.
    — Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Lime Green Corset Crime Paige is still thinking about Hannah’s lime green corset from 2022, and not in a good way.
    — Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • Styled by Genesis Webb in a black, beaded Xi Scorpii corset and sheer, lacy skirt, Roan couldn't have looked more goth-gorgeous.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 28 Jan. 2026
  • With its asymmetrical hemline, corseted bodice, and showstopping print, the dress was classic Westwood and pure Newton.
    — Maria Ward, Vogue, 16 May 2018
  • She is credited with creating sportswear—comfortable ready-to-wear that eschewed boning and corseting, common elements of womenswear at that time.
    — Time, 30 Apr. 2026
  • That was interpreted on D&G’s runway today as sheer suiting, filmy black dresses, and corseted frocks that evoked the glamorous spirit of the age of the supes.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2017
  • By inventing Ruthie, Princess Carolyn seems to profess her faith in the idea that a happy and well-defined future can corset an unruly past into order.
    — Lenika Cruz, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Kardashian West donned a head-to-toe gold Atelier Versace corseted gown adorned with embellished crosses that hugged every curve of her enviable frame.
    — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 May 2018
  • The empowered woman showed everything in an act of continuing rebellion against the corseted and covered-up femininity of centuries past.
    — Rafia Zakaria, The New Republic, 12 June 2018
  • In the design’s first public iteration, the tower morphed in stages from a square-sided base to a bundle of four elliptical tubes, passing through a middle zone that had a puffy, tufted look, like corseted flesh.
    — Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Sparo was also working up until the last minute on one of his signature corseted dresses and his finishing suffered for the effort, though the judges especially admired his fluid white pants ensemble.
    — Vincent Boucher, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2019
  • But Tissot achieved commercial success capturing the corseted, 19th century beau monde of London.
    — Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • If donning a corset—a functionally restrictive undergarment—signaled the transition to womanhood, then the lessons learned by little girls corseted them in figurative ways.
    — Longreads, 27 Mar. 2020

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