skivvies
Example Sentences
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And so the episode ends, with the actors Cosmo Jarvis and Hiroyuki Sanada leaping from the vessel in their skivvies, racing each other to shore.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
They strip him, leaving him shivering in his skivvies before donning him in the institute’s requisite ghostly attire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Just past midnight on a cold, wet November night in 1904, 13-year-olds William Kiger and Albert Cook, wearing only their skivvies and chained together with ankle manacles, cradled the shackles to stop them clanking.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
He was among hundreds of fresh conscripts who stripped to their skivvies and stood in a quickly moving line to be inoculated.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2021
“Get your skivvies on and hit the battle stations on the double.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
