underclothes

Example Sentences

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“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

In the late afternoon, I walked to Babu Ghat, and onto the broad concrete slipway that descended into the water, where a few moored boats bobbed slowly and men and children bathed in underclothes.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2018

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

She wore men’s clothing and said she “gave women a sense of freedom; I gave them back their bodies that were drenched in sweat due to fashion’s finery, lace, corsets, underclothes, padding.”

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2014

The nurse hummed busily as she opened one drawer after another, stuffing the new underclothes and blouses and skirts and pajamas my mother had bought me into the black patent leather overnight case.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath