underclothes
Example Sentences
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Clerics faced down troublesome non-churchmen by forcing them to publicly confess their sins before their whole community, to pray all night in church in their underclothes – and sometimes to go on pilgrimages.
From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2020
“I had sets of clothes, pants and shirts, but I didn’t bring any underclothes or socks,” he said, grinning.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2019
Her shaming was loosely based on Jane Shore, the 15th-century mistress of Edward IV who, dressed only in her underclothes, did a penance walk through late medieval London.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2015
Towels, trousers and underclothes still hang from the rafters in another house where Foday Joko lived with his wife and daughter.
From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2014
Thousands of people were homeless, without even a change of underclothes or clean stockings.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
