underclothes

Example Sentences

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Clerics faced down troublesome non-churchmen by forcing them to publicly confess their sins before their whole community, to pray all night in church in their underclothes – and sometimes to go on pilgrimages.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2020

“I had sets of clothes, pants and shirts, but I didn’t bring any underclothes or socks,” he said, grinning.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2019

In the late afternoon, I walked to Babu Ghat, and onto the broad concrete slipway that descended into the water, where a few moored boats bobbed slowly and men and children bathed in underclothes.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2018

Her shaming was loosely based on Jane Shore, the 15th-century mistress of Edward IV who, dressed only in her underclothes, did a penance walk through late medieval London.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2015

And Helena needed a dress, shoes, underclothes, a nightgown, and probably other things I hadn’t thought of yet.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron