How to Use undergarment in a Sentence

undergarment

noun
  • Some of the robes are, in fact, undergarments, or juban.
    Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2018
  • That means three pairs of undergarments and three pairs of socks.
    Vicki Denig, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2023
  • There must be a stylist out there who can work their magic with the help of the right undergarments and a great shoe.
    Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Wear lightweight bras and undergarments that will keep the skin of the breasts cool, suggests Ross.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 3 July 2019
  • That’s a lot of weeks that undergarment has avoided a date with some warm, sudsy water over the years.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Of course, this is far from the first or second time Ora has stepped out with her undergarments on display.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 11 Mar. 2023
  • That’s where bralettes and sports bras come in, eating up a sizeable portion of the undergarment market for the past few years.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 7 Aug. 2021
  • To back up, the first white tank top was designed in the 1910s as a men's undergarment, meant to be worn underneath shirts and while swimming.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 16 May 2022
  • The style of shirt dates back to late-18th-century England, when it was first used as an undergarment for men.
    Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 28 Dec. 2022
  • All 90 pounds of the undergarments were presented to the jury.
    Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 5 May 2018
  • The last few years have brought change to the undergarment market, however.
    Gianluca Russo, refinery29.com, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Regina pulled her out of the line and commanded her to remove the undergarment in front of the other girls, Robertson said.
    NBC News, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Then, the group strip down to their undergarments as a giant rocket flares behind them.
    Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2023
  • To avoid flashing your bare cheeks to the world, pick undergarments that resemble shorts.
    Marina Liao, Marie Claire, 12 June 2018
  • For a long time, the Victoria’s Secret show focused on the fantasies of the male gaze, rather than the women who bought and wore the lingerie and undergarments.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 28 Sep. 2023
  • From shoes to undergarments and full 'fits, ahead, a plus-size summer outfit roundup for all your travel needs.
    Dominique Norman, refinery29.com, 6 July 2023
  • Full disclosure: there is no undergarment in the world that would gird my loins enough to prepare me for combat.
    Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • The 36-year-old said back then and even now Nude Barre continues to have the largest range of skin tone intimates and undergarment shades available.
    Rosemary Akpan, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2021
  • For a long time, Victoria’s Secret’s show focused on the fantasies of the male gaze, rather than the women who bought and wore the lingerie and undergarments.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 27 Sep. 2023
  • What will happen to me that will require a surplus of undergarments?
    Sable Yong, Allure, 10 Apr. 2018
  • She was given a see-through outfit with no undergarments to finish the performance, the suit says.
    Diana Dasrath, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But at the live event, the theme was undergarments as power dressing for women claiming their freedom to move.
    Raisa Bruner, Time, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Attendants strip them down to undergarments and leave them alone, but the dance remains chaste: some floorbound nuzzling, a back-to-back lift.
    Brian Seibert, New York Times, 4 June 2023
  • The other is made of breathable mesh, perfect for undergarments, socks, and other small items.
    Seamus Bellamy, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Its origin story involves the star using tea bags to dye undergarments a preferred color and tape to get the right fit.
    Sam Jacobs, Time, 21 June 2023
  • The bralette has become the undergarment of choice for women who wouldn't dare wear underwire while working from home.
    Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Feb. 2022
  • For 45 years, a Washington-area boutique has served as a one-stop undergarment shop for the D.C. elite and its breast cancer survivors.
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2020
  • As a result, the cast's days can be very long — all while wearing some rather, um, restricting undergarments.
    Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 7 Dec. 2019
  • Each child receives light and heavy winter jackets, shirts, pants, undergarments, socks, shoes and snow boots.
    Tom Ackerman, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The woman said the man may have previously entered the residence to steal undergarments, and had at one point left a note.
    Samantha Swindler, OregonLive.com, 30 May 2018

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