unmentionables

Example Sentences

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When Sal and I got closer, I saw that the arm was really the sleeve of a dress hanging on a wash line along with shirts and “unmentionables,” as Aunt Pretty called underwear.

From Literature

I insisted we learn more, but she said I should stop bringing up unmentionables.

From Literature

Another four years on, Root was in hospital again, this time after taking blows to the unmentionables in the day-night Test in Adelaide.

From BBC

An essential place of unmentionables — in a lot of ways, its purpose is clear, unchanged.

From Los Angeles Times

The Lingerie Addict, a blog where for more than 14 years unmentionables were not only mentioned, but also the subject of thoughtful consideration, announced on Sunday that it was ending publication.

From New York Times