How to Use long johns in a Sentence

long johns

plural noun

• Teams dress in layers — long johns, hats, gloves and hand warmers for the frigid overnight and morning hours.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
• These long johns offer a more relaxed fit than your typical thermal leggings.
  — Field & Stream Commerce Team, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
• Price and comfort play a part in finding the best pair of long johns.
  — Field & Stream Commerce Team, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
• He and his cartoon avatar dressed in red long johns and a Napoleon bicorne hat.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• Think long johns and thermals, which are designed to trap body heat and keep you warm in style.
  — Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Jan. 2022
• Sweaters, scarves and long johns help, but fondue, steaming soups and fireplaces are a lot more fun.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
• There, Lopez pulled on heavy long johns, quick-drying field pants, rain pants, wool socks, two wool shirts, a fleece sweater and a rainshell.
  — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
• Pull out the long johns for Wednesday, because that will be our coldest and windiest day this week.
  — Bisma Parvez, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2019
• And that’s to say nothing about the flames, the newspaper-stealing, and the shot of Carl throwing paint around while wearing long johns and a robe.
  — Vulture, 7 Mar. 2023
• These cotton-poly blend thermals are about as classic as long johns come.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 16 Dec. 2022
• Hunter-McCartin also distributes free socks and long johns to the homeless.
  — Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2020
• One of them continued napping through most of our visit, then sat up in bed, pulled his uniform over his long johns, and went back to work.
  — Time, 7 Dec. 2022
• Locals have more than long johns and wool hats to protect them against the elements, however.
  — Jen Rose Smith, National Geographic, 11 Sep. 2020
• Get everything from knit socks and moccasins to nightgowns, long johns and flannel sets in this adorable pattern.
  — Elizabeth Wallace, CNN Underscored, 11 Nov. 2020
• Paying for high quality long johns will undoubtedly pay off in the long run.
  — Field & Stream, 20 Jan. 2021
• Inexpensive pairs of tights or long johns can be worn underneath clothes.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 10 Jan. 2022
• And then Russ or his loins or one of his other two children would plod around, with their turnips and their long johns and their self-pity, and my resting heart rate would reinstate itself.
  — Molly Young, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2021
• In some cases, the long johns comprised the entire outfit—the models evocative of successful 20-something Twitch streamers, dressed for a rousing day of video games.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2021
• These long johns offer a more relaxed fit than your typical thermal leggings.
  — Field & Stream, 20 Jan. 2021
• The women's collection continued the body-hugging comfort layer of long johns from menswear, as well as leather gloves fitted with zipped pouches.
  — Colleen Barry, Star Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021
• Things are similarly simple on the lower half: lightweight pants, with wool long johns beneath if the situation calls for them.
  — Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2023
• But as the group’s adult chaperone, Chelsea Cox, began to drive away on Nov. 9, Rowland — wearing long johns and holding a gun — appeared in the middle of the street, the girls later told investigators.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
• Learn more › Picking the best long johns means finding base layers that match your activity and temperatures.
  — Field & Stream Commerce Team, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
• In the rain test, both human subjects and mannequins wear a gray cotton T-shirt or long johns beneath rain garments while walking or standing in simulated downpours.
  — Scott Yorko, Popular Mechanics, 18 Feb. 2020
• Reach into your winter and summer closets simultaneously and pull out your coat, flip flips, umbrella, sunglasses, wool hat ... and shorts to pull on over your long johns.
  — Helaine Williams, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2022
• After that came my Paul Bunyan moment, consisting of long johns and oversized flannel shirts, which occurred in tandem with my extended trip home to Minnesota.
  — Madeline Swanson, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2021
• Some exchanged gifts like long johns, liquor and photographs of relatives who couldn’t attend or had died, while others struggled to continue their conversations.
  — Washington Post, 21 June 2018

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