Example Sentences

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Film is for people who want to lose themselves in an impossible Fiat chase alongside a man who had them at sliding across the floor in his tighty whities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023

Picture Walter White standing in front of his broken-down trailer in his tighty whities, ready to face his fate, his feet on stony ground and surrounded by brush.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2020

That is, after he spoke extensively about what it's like for his "Goldbergs" patriarch to be in his tighty whities all day: "Not enjoyable," he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2015

It came in the form of Polaroids from Warhol of a model in his tighty whities — photos that Mr. Braun still has, in their original envelope, at his Manhattan apartment today.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2015

Luckily, Zed slept through the excitement, so they didn’t get a picture of him in his tightie whities and bedhead.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen