How to Use underskirt in a Sentence

underskirt

noun

• The only blood found on Lizzie Borden was a tiny speck on an underskirt.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2021
• The lines of the dress extend towards the back where the train flows in soft round folds cushioned by an underskirt in triple silk organza.
  — Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 20 May 2018
• These extend towards the back of the dress, where the train flows in soft round folds cushioned by an underskirt in triple silk organza.
  — Zoe Szathmary, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2018
• The dress was composed of French Chantilly lace and English Cluny lace throughout the bodice, skirt and underskirt.
  — Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• The dress was constructed layer by layer, according to the Palace, from the corset and underskirt to the fitted bodice and full pleated skirt.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Oct. 2018
• The veil and underskirt are among only a handful of items the family has recovered.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2018
• Floral emblems of the four nations of the United Kingdom — a rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock — are also featured on the underskirt and cuffs of the sleeves.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
• The seams were lovely, the beading nicely done, the underskirt was double thickness and well constructed.
  — Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com, 24 Aug. 2021
• One is a slim, white woman, in antebellum underskirt and corset.
  — Zadie Smith, The New York Review of Books, 11 Feb. 2020
• In 1964, Bueno surprised the public at Wimbledon with a white Tinling dress that had a pink underskirt and matching pink underwear.
  — Stan Lehman and Mauricio Savarese, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2018
• The dress only has six seams, impeccably placed; the underskirt is cushioned in triple silk organza.
  — Marina Liao, Marie Claire, 19 May 2018
• On the underskirt are emblems of the United Kingdom including a shamrock, daffodil, thistle and rose.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• Per the Palace, Eugenie's gown was developed layer by layer, from the corset to the complexity of its underskirt and full pleated skirt.
  — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Oct. 2018
• To complete the look, the gown would have had underskirts, sleeves that were likely adorned with silk tassels and silver or gold buttons, and a stand-up collar made of linen or lace, as well as other embellishments.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
• Her iconic choice included a bateau neckline and a triple silk organza underskirt.
  — Southern Living, 14 June 2018
• For the state dinner scene, for example, Boyle and her team painstakingly created Victoria’s evening attire in layers—an apron, a skirt, and a jet-black underskirt.
  — Julie Miller, HWD, 19 Oct. 2017
• It was created layer by layer during multiple fittings, constructed from the corset and the complex underskirt to the fitted bodice and full pleated skirt.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 12 Oct. 2018
• Dress reformers proposed comfortable and healthful alternatives to confining garments such as corsets and crinolines, the cage-like steel underskirts that characterized female fashion at the time.
  — Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 12 June 2019
• Director Victoria Bussert cannily signals this sea change by having the women remove their crinoline tutu underskirts before disappearing behind lit panels that double as dressing screens.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 13 May 2018

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