unmentionables
Example Sentences
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The source of the stench was the canal itself, a stretch of sewage, chemicals and other unmentionables in “green water that hissed and bubbled like a witch’s cauldron.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
An essential place of unmentionables — in a lot of ways, its purpose is clear, unchanged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
Watch as an unfortunate Alex Hales gets hit in the "unmentionables" twice in two deliveries as Trent Rockets took on Oval Invincibles in The Hundred.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2021
I had put it down flat on a gnarled tree root while I fished out a plastic bag with which to manage my dog’s unmentionables.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2020
And as I shimmied into my dress, she stuffed stockings and unmentionables into my carpetbag and explained what was happening at Mrs. Wigginbottom’s boardinghouse.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
