How to Use boxer shorts in a Sentence

boxer shorts

plural noun
  • And don’t let the door hit you in the boxer shorts on the way out.
    chicagotribune.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • He was last seen in a plain white t-shirt, long dark pants and plaid boxer shorts.
    sacbee, 4 June 2019
  • Paul Pelosi, the husband of the U.S. speaker of the House, was clad in a pajama top and boxer shorts.
    Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The dog appears to grab Paulino’s boxer shorts and pull.
    BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The man was wearing nothing but boxer shorts and shoes.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2021
  • They were clad in all white: boxer shorts, T-shirts and do-rags on their heads, the release stated.
    Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 19 June 2018
  • And more new styles are in the works, including unisex briefs and boxer shorts.
    oregonlive, 3 July 2021
  • From the waist down, the vibe was the opposite, a pair of simple white cotton boxer shorts and black flip flops.
    Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Borrow a pair of boxer shorts from the boys like these from Skims and new label, Gil Rodriguez.
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 21 July 2022
  • She was dressed only in boxer shorts, and had been stabbed more than 20 times, including 13 times in the back.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • And who could forget that time Marc Jacobs wore a lace dress by Comme des Garçons over boxer shorts back in 2012?
    Christian Allair, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Bikinis and high-waist briefs are only $12, while boxer shorts start at $14.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2021
  • These boxer shorts will get you in the mood for sunnier days ahead with a series of bright, tropical prints.
    Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Bieber wore the same pair of plaid Off-White x Umbro boxer shorts as Hadid and even borrowed some of the model's styling notes.
    Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2017
  • The silly creature even eats the farmer’s boxer shorts, plucking them from the clothesline like a sybarite eating grapes.
    WSJ, 11 May 2018
  • It was then demanded that the victim take off all of his clothes, except for his boxer shorts.
    cleveland, 9 Nov. 2019
  • Or Winston Duke sporting a pair of boxer shorts in the film Us, his thighs taking up the entirety of his twin-sized bed.
    Hanna Phifer, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 May 2021
  • The house is tidier, with no more boxer shorts left on the bedroom floor or fuzzy deer blanket on the sofa: Kalee now sleeps with it.
    Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2019
  • The device looks like a black pair of tight-fitting boxer shorts concealing either a cup or a pad.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2019
  • His boxer shorts — covered with images of astronauts and cats — could be seen over the waistline of his jeans.
    Leah Sottile, Longreads, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Customer came to the door wearing only boxer shorts and a vintage St. Louis Blues jersey.
    Jason Gay, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
  • When the police pounded the door before dawn at a home in northwest Germany, a bleary-eyed young man in his boxer shorts answered.
    Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • All of this—plus a feature-length film and the inevitable consumer effluvia (mugs, boxer shorts, beach towels, backpacks)—comes on the strength of just a handful of episodes.
    Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Officers found a small plastic container in the waistband of the man's boxer shorts.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Once outside, the older man removed his pants and boxer shorts, laying the boxers, which were covered with feces, on the ground.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Shortly after, at 4 p.m., deputies found the 17-year-old in a nearby neighborhood, wearing boxer shorts, a t-shirt and socks.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
  • He was last seen with no shirt and wearing only white boxer shorts, WJTV reported.
    Fox News, 13 June 2020
  • Video on Twitter shows a man wearing only black boxer shorts jump from the building into the water.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Wearing only blue boxer shorts and one black sock, a man climbed atop the roof of a Boyle Heights church Wednesday night and set a fire at the foot of a small cross, authorities said.
    Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2021
  • But the scene that encapsulates his deft hand with the genre is one in which his character, Howard, walks in on Streisand's Judy in the bath, swiftly dropping his pants in shock, leaving him in nothing but his boxer shorts and his bow tie.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2023

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