underclothes

Example Sentences

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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

There are underclothes, boxers, and socks hanging out of many pension windows, which gives the area a peculiar look of having a transient camp occupy permanent space.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2015

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

Thousands of people were homeless, without even a change of underclothes or clean stockings.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson