How to Use underwear in a Sentence

underwear

noun
  • So my choice was to use my coach’s underwear or none.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 26 June 2026
  • The two-piece see-through set bared her black underwear.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026
  • What's the deal with the pink underwear?
    — Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Going for hikes around a park in your underwear is bizarre.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
  • Each of them had been undressed and bound with their underwear.
    — EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Both her underwear and Bryant's shirt were bloody.
    — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
  • What do black eyed peas, grapes and underwear have in common?
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The brand reached one million pairs of underwear sold in just its first year.
    — Marie Lodi, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2022
  • They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
    — Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
  • They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • In fact, research shows that most men sleep naked or just their underwear.
    — Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • She was found naked except for a pair of white underwear, court records said.
    — Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com, 6 May 2021
  • The cutout unveiled a sexy bra that matched her underwear.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • What better way to kick-start your clean-out than with a free pair of underwear?
    — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 2 Apr. 2021
  • These aren’t just underwear that hugs every curve and ridge of the body, though.
    — Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Halle Berry loves to show off her underwear — but in a chic way, of course.
    — Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • But eating nuggets that have been in one’s underwear?
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • Get smoothed and snatched with the help of these bodysuits, shorts, and underwear.
    — Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 1 May 2025
  • It's made for lighter clothing like socks, underwear, and of course, face masks.
    — Michael Calore, Wired, 18 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • This underwear’s got people’s names in it, sir.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Rather than fuss with both a bra and underwear, try a shapewear bodysuit for all-in-one ease.
    — Laura Lajiness, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Why not parade around in your underwear?
    — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
  • Dench then tears open a package to reveal a pair of red thong underwear.
    — Catherine Santino, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
  • What fabric is not safe for underwear?
    — Abby Morgan Lebet, InStyle, 22 Jan. 2026
  • That said, even the best underwear for working out can only do so much.
    — Kristine Thomason, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The men were shoeless and in their underwear next to the remains of a small fire.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The pictures showed the victim in her underwear but didn’t show her face.
    — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 13 July 2021

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