How to Use underwear in a Sentence

underwear

noun
  • Dares: Go to the bathroom and put your underwear over your pants for the rest of the game.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The men were shoeless and in their underwear next to the remains of a small fire.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Prices range from about $6 for underwear to $120 for a corset.
    — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 12 Oct. 2024
  • She was then taken to a cell down the hall and told to strip down to her underwear.
    — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Halle Berry loves to show off her underwear — but in a chic way, of course.
    — Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Get smoothed and snatched with the help of these bodysuits, shorts, and underwear.
    — Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 1 May 2025
  • Harpole was forced to make the rest of the journey in just his underwear and cap.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Morris ran out of The Tubs in his underwear and walked eight hours to get home.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2021
  • He's got pointy ears and walks around in his underwear.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2022
  • These aren’t just underwear that hugs every curve and ridge of the body, though.
    — Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The beige underwear was part of the look; its top band was meant to peek out from the waist of the skirt, adding about an inch to the overall look.
    — Jessica Testa, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The man then threw his underwear at her, punched her in the face, threw rags and a soap bottle at her and kicked her in the legs.
    — Sahana Jayaraman, AZCentral.com, 27 June 2023
  • The brand reached one million pairs of underwear sold in just its first year.
    — Marie Lodi, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Rather than fuss with both a bra and underwear, try a shapewear bodysuit for all-in-one ease.
    — Laura Lajiness, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2021
  • The pictures showed the victim in her underwear but didn’t show her face.
    — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 13 July 2021
  • Her son has come into the living room, in his underwear, his thin frame in the dark light.
    — Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
  • It's made for lighter clothing like socks, underwear, and of course, face masks.
    — Michael Calore, Wired, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Courtesy Charles Spencer Porch would force the young boys to drop their pants and their underwear and lie across his lap to be whipped.
    — Cynthia McFadden, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • In his first week on the job in late 2016, Rolfe stripped to his underwear and swam into a flood-swollen river to save a man.
    — Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Silk underwear is taxed at just 2.1% for women and 0.9% for men.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 13 Feb. 2023
  • If that’s too much, try walking around your house in your underwear or a bathing suit at first.
    — Carina Hsieh, SELF, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The film opens with him tumbling out of bed in nothing but white underwear.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Zack’s in profile; his arms are crossed in front of his chest, and his jeans and underwear are pulled down around the tops of his thighs.
    — Zan Romanoff, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • As officers dragged him feet-first from the car, his pants and underwear were pulled down.
    — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The star posed in underwear for one of the brand's signature ad campaigns.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 29 June 2024
  • Dench then tears open a package to reveal a pair of red thong underwear.
    — Catherine Santino, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
  • In fact, research shows that most men sleep naked or just their underwear.
    — Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • In the book, the boy repeatedly strips down to his underwear.
    — Fox News, 14 June 2022
  • The blood some of them found in their underwear afterward.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 12 May 2025
  • Later, he was charged when his DNA came back, including on the relative’s lower back and the child’s neck and underwear.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025

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