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
Once she recovers, the woman found alive in the cemetery — “without the expected underclothes” — claims to be the inventor of candlepin bowling.
From Washington Post
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
Also spotted but not recovered was a body clad in underclothes and a Navy life jacket and watch cap.
From Washington Post
The country was both appalled and riveted by the details: how Packwood had ambushed women, grabbing them with no warning, forcing his tongue down their throats, pulling back their hair, tearing at their underclothes.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
