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How to use undershirt in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Undershirt means an undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless. Example: “I can't take my undershirt off because I am wearing many more garments on top.”

Examples of undershirt by meaning

nounAn undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless.

  • And she’ll say, “Ooh, look at my baby’s undershirt!2004 August, Menis Koumandareas, translated by Patricia Felisa Barbeito and Vangelis Calotychos, “Pale Face”, in Their Smell Makes Me Want...
  • An undershirt absorbs moisture from your body and equalizes your body temperature.2009, Peter Jungk, Crossing the Hudson, page 10

More sentences with undershirt

  • I can't take my undershirt off because I am wearing many more garments on top.From the entry on top
  • He tucked out his polo (dress shirt) but not his undershirt.From the entry tuck out
  • Arnold grabbed his trunk briefs, undershirt, and socks and looked him over again.2017, Milton Stern, Working Boys, A Midnight Murder Mystery, Part II, page 93. From the entry trunk briefs
  • Here at Cooper’s we have made hundreds of thousands of “skivvies,” the seagoing undershirts of the Navy.[1945 May 28, Life, →ISSN, page 24. From the entry skivvies
  • She'll have Hannah's shoes and John's undershirts and Mark's socks most likely.1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. From the entry passel
  • The sun was beginning to set, and under the tangerine sky, Reese tugged his undershirt over his head.2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 343. From the entry tangerine
  • He wore only a thin-bretelled blue undershirt that rucked under his pectoral mass but stretched ceaseless across his myronic flanks.1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!. From the entry myronic
  • The Sultan.—Well, you might get a can of oil and a monkey-wrench and help me off with this undershirt.1908 September 23, “In Turkey”, in A[rthur] H[amilton] Folwell, editor, Puck, volume LXIV, number 1647, New York, N.Y.: Keppler &…. From the entry sire
  • Some of these intense, wanderlusty New Yorkers were running through the store with packing lists, loudly asking for moisture-wicking undershirts and sleeping pads.2009 May 14, Mike Albo, “Ready for That Rush of Adrenaline”, in New York Times. From the entry wanderlusty
  • Below are some of my notes and drawovers, pushing the HOC artists to make small adjustments like increasing the size of his hands and making his undershirt more tattered.2023, Mattel, Stuart Bam, The Art of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, page 12. From the entry drawover

Meaning of undershirt

  1. noun An undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless.

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Questions about undershirt in a sentence

How do you use undershirt in a sentence?
Undershirt is used as a noun. For example: “I can't take my undershirt off because I am wearing many more garments on top.”
What is a short sentence with undershirt?
“And she’ll say, “Ooh, look at my baby’s undershirt!”
What does undershirt mean?
Undershirt means an undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless.

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