cycling shorts
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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On a hot early summer morning, a steady stream of pilgrims ducked each other’s selfie sticks in front of the jewel-encrusted St. James statue, some still in tight cycling shorts or sweat-stained hiking shirts.
From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2023
That morning, she had dressed in yellow cycling shorts and a T-shirt with a picture of a dirt bike on it, and her curly half-blond hair was arranged half up, half down.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022
“So you have a special undercarriage that went under some cycling shorts so he could open a special Vecna pouch and go to the loo.”
From The Verge • May 28, 2022
Womenswear pieces cover nylon windbreakers, embossed cycling shorts, knits and printed denim pants as well as featherweight fur coats and cardigans, reversible padded blousons, perforated leather jackets and caftans and poplin shirtdresses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2020
In the 1950s, the cycling cartoonist Johnny Helms perfectly depicted the cyclist's nightmare: a mischievous breed of hound with sharklike teeth and gaping grin, often with a scrap of cycling shorts in its mouth.
From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2010
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