undergarment

Example Sentences

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Some women swear by period underwear, a type of undergarment engineered to absorb menstrual blood.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2022

This fitted undergarment ushered in an age when dresses had very narrow midsections.

From Scientific American • Apr. 26, 2022

A few factors have contributed to the resurgence of the controversial undergarment this past year.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

Masks were worn as though they had long been standard fashion, a garment no more desired than some restricting undergarment but socially necessary all the same.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2021

Plumper as she got older, Mrs. Washington also wore a corset—an undergarment to cinch in a woman’s waist—and Ona would be the one who laced it tight.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis