panties

Example Sentences

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“You pull up your big-girl panties and you do what you got to do,” Applegate says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

He also poked fun at Harry Styles' fashion sense, joking: "Women throw their panties at this man, then he puts them on and looks better in them."

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2023

“You can’t fake this. It’s not a time to put on your big-girl panties and just deal with it. This music is my foundational life journey.”

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2023

Bradford told Logan, "You need to get some new underwear, Butterball," something she had discovered after finding tattered panties in the laundry.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2022

Underclothes: white bra and panties for the girls, white boxers for the boys, white socks for everyone.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater