underwear
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of underwear
Example Sentences
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"I was regularly changing my underwear, and by the end... my friend and I had just given up on bras altogether because of that sweatiness, that discomfort."
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026
Alice spends her days cleaning Lady Jemima’s stinky shoes, sponging her underwear and greasing her long blonde hair.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
Over the past 18 months, South Korea has been the world’s top-performing stock market, and Na and her co-workers joke they should sell their underwear to buy more shares.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Officers had become suspicious of how he was driving his lorry, which was carrying 28 pallets of underwear and clothing, and they x-rayed it at the port.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Wab was still screaming, standing in front of her tent in her long underwear, mouth open in a round O of panic.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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