underwear

Example Sentences

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Nearly a half-century ago, Nike co-founder Phil Knight traveled through China on slow train, with passengers stripped to their underwear in the summer heat, and dreamed of selling sneakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

In October, a Tijuana man was indicted after officers found two emaciated and potentially sedated orange-fronted parakeets stuffed in his underwear.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

“Until you’ve worn another person’s underwear going to do a count, you don’t know what it’s really like.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

But for others, it has turned into an opportunity to flex their money-saving muscles — even to the point of stuffing socks and underwear in those holiday baskets.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Then she got some white cloth to make sheets and underwear.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder