How to Use underarm in a Sentence

underarm

1 of 2 adjective
  • Loose flaps of underarm skin can store food and favored rock tools.
    — National Geographic, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The rest of us wish to have his 8-pack abs and that underarm muscle area thing .
    — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Warm weather is upon us, but with that comes a bevy of underarm woes.
    — Deena Campbell, Essence, 6 May 2021
  • Even more so, it's got underarm sweat guards for when your nervous system just won't chill.
    — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The same goes with certain bras and tops, either in the band (of bras) or in the underarm area.
    — Louise Green, SELF, 5 July 2018
  • The addition of underarm zips makes for a quick cool down on the slopes or trail if needed.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Any ideas on how to remove underarm shirt stains caused by deodorant?
    — Heloise, Washington Post, 19 June 2020
  • First-time customers can get a free eyebrow, underarm or bikini-line wax for ladies.
    — Doreen Christensen, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 May 2017
  • First-time customers can get a free eyebrow, underarm or bikini-line wax for ladies.
    — Doreen Christensen, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 June 2018
  • One of the women who plays in the league has really awful underarm odor.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Smooth out any wrinkles on the sleeves and starting with the underarm seam, iron the sleeve working your way up to the top.
    — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 7 May 2021
  • That type of sweat comes from the apocrine glands, which are located mainly in the underarm and groin.
    — Robert J. Davis, CNN, 28 Feb. 2018
  • That type of sweat comes from the apocrine glands, which are located mainly in the underarm and groin.
    — Robert J. Davis, CNN, 13 June 2017
  • Fight underarm odors with a classic bourbon cedar scent from Olivina.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Underarm pads Davood shares that stick-on underarm pads will ensure that your sweat won't soak through your dress.
    — Seventeen, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Here, a look back at all the renegades begging you to hold the razor and go au naturale with your underarm hair.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 31 July 2020
  • The refreshing mint and eucalyptus scents serve to both mask body odor and soothe the skin in your underarm area.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 June 2022
  • Kyrgios had 29 aces, one of them with an underarm serve in the first set that caught Nadal by surprise.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 4 July 2019
  • There was a time when underarm fragrance choices ranged from powder to… yeah, pretty much just powder.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The deodorant itself was comfortable to wear and left underarm skin soft and smooth.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Cream deodorants are applied like lotions to the underarm skin.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 June 2022
  • For the photo shoot, McAdams lounged in a black corset with her arm out to the side, her underarm hair on full display.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Women who have underarm incisions or incisions in the crease of the breast should not have a problem.
    — Brooke Shunatona, Cosmopolitan, 13 July 2017
  • However, the last bullet ricocheted off the limousine and hit him in the left underarm and lodged in his lung.
    — Deb Kiner | [email protected], al, 30 Mar. 2019
  • Part of my legs hurt slightly more (near my shins or ankles where there’s more prevalent bone), and my underarm area hurt more than my legs overall.
    — Katie Intner, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The woman was also taken to UC, where she was treated for a wound to the underarm.
    — William Lee, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2019
  • The ball boys and girls whip balls with a knee-bending, underarm motion, like bowlers or players of Skee-Ball.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 21 June 2018
  • This is perhaps the weirdest inclusion in the swag bag, along with sweat-absorbing underarm pads.
    — Christina Austin, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The paste softens and absorbs easily, and can still be applied to untamed underarm, too.
    — Adam Hurly, GQ, 12 June 2017
  • In this small study, researchers put a group of 17 men on meat or no-meat diets for two weeks and collected their underarm sweat.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 9 May 2018

underarm

2 of 2 noun
  • My underarms were, for the very first time, ready for their close-up.
    — Kate Branch, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2017
  • At that point, the disease had spread from my underarms to my groin area.
    — Allyson Byers, SELF, 1 June 2018
  • But that’s not to say the underarm serve is a tool of the unskilled player.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Even on the first wear, there was no underarm or neckline chafing.
    — Gabriela Aoun, Outside Online, 23 July 2021
  • Booster tests showed there was an increase in swollen lymph nodes in the underarm.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 23 Sep. 2021
  • That goes for your hair, fingernails, underarms, and breath, too.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 29 June 2017
  • He’s also known to be fond of trick shots like going between his legs or underarm serves.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Down that peeks out from underarms and covers legs seems to be going mainstream.
    — Maya Singer, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2018
  • There’s also mesh sewn into the underarm and side panels of both shirts to help vent body heat.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 18 Nov. 2020
  • This razor can be used on your legs and underarms and comes with a soft glide cap to help cover your bikini area.
    — Steven Rowe, Verywell Health, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Crescents of sweat were darkening the underarms of the girl’s shirt.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2017
  • This antiperspirant leaves underarms dry and odor-free but does leave behind white residue on the skin.
    — Lacey Muinos, Health, 25 May 2023
  • Hunter went limp and a bailiff lifted the former judge, wearing a black dress and white bolero, by her underarms and dragged her away.
    — NBC News, 22 July 2019
  • Lasers can target and destroy sweat glands in the underarm through small incisions.
    — Cathy Cassata, Health.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The contact point gave him more safety than a normal underarm serve, taking out the need to get the ball up and over the net.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Check the underarm areas for deodorant build-up that can cause yellowing and trap odor.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 31 Dec. 2025
  • This roll-on ball helps to evenly apply the liquid deodorant to the underarm.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Now the spot behind the other clavicle was tender, and so were his underarms.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Roll-on deodorants are liquid in form and apply to underarms with a rollerball.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Few things help beat the heat more than a strapless neckline, which frees up your underarms from being trapped in a hot T-shirt.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
  • The concerns about the risk of breast cancer largely have to do with the proximity of the underarms to the breasts.
    — Emma Sarran Webster, Teen Vogue, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The bikini area and underarms also tend to be painful because the skin is thinner in these spots, the experts explain.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Her family had two buckets — one for rinsing plates and cups, the other for rinsing their faces and underarms.
    — Meredith Blake, latimes.com, 15 May 2017
  • Once puberty hits, hair begins to grow in all kinds of ~specific~ places (like on your underarms, legs, pubic area, face, and, yes, butt).
    — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Cuffs, collars, and underarms are typically the first spots to become soiled.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Focus on the scalp, behind the ears, underarms, belly button, behind the knees, between the legs and the back of the neck.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Focus on the scalp, behind the ears, underarms, belly button, behind the knees, between the legs and the back of the neck.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The beast growled, the hair from her underarms flailing under the air vents, her unibrow extending from her eyelids to the part of her scalp.
    — Iman Hariri-Kia, Teen Vogue, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Nipples, underarms, even your ass — there's nowhere beauty companies aren't willing to mask.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 15 July 2019
  • The rash is likely to first appear on the neck, underarm, and groin, the CDC reports.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022

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