How to Use singlet in a Sentence

singlet

noun
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  • We're obsessed with how the blue matches her Nike singlet and briefs.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The wrestling team splits the money from the advertising on their singlets.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 15 May 2017
  • The Schumachers have Jesuit on their singlets, the swoosh on their feet and running in their blood.
    — OregonLive.com, 17 May 2018
  • Use a gear belt for your fluids, but one that is small enough to be concealed under a singlet.
    — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 13 Nov. 2013
  • Silver sparkle on a women’s singlet looked like chainmail, seen again in a men’s statement coat which screamed 1980.
    — Thomas Adamson, The Seattle Times, 20 Jan. 2018
  • There is only one portrait in the entire series, of a young man dressed in a wrestling singlet, crouching down as if about to begin a fight.
    — Coralie Kraft, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2019
  • The diaphanous fabrics and singlets and halter tops that made headlines in June returned, this time pushed to extremes.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Little Santino stole the show, dressed up in a miniature version of his dad’s wrestling singlet — complete with a curly mullet wig.
    — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • As an example, the men’s winner at Boston, Yuki Kawauchi, wore a ball cap, singlet, arm sleeves, glove liners, and split shorts from the gun.
    — Andrew Skurka, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2018
  • For sweaty runners like me, a tee, tank or singlet that can keep us from feeling soaked in the heat and humidity of summer is our Holy Grail.
    — Matt Gross, WSJ, 7 June 2018
  • In the study, the singlet oxygen in turn could break down molecules of a lab-safe molecular cousin of mustard gas both inside and outside the pores.
    — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The equipment is cheap, and a wrestler needs only the one-piece suit, or singlet, and shoes, a manageable expense even for the poor shepherd families in the mountains.
    — Photographs and Text By Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2018
  • The source of the shadow moved slowly into view, a figure in a gleaming singlet, steadily lifting and lowering a pair of hand-weights.
    — Adam Kirsch, New York Times, 4 May 2018
  • The look of ponchos and jackets running six-minute miles was a stark difference from the singlet and buns that elites are accustomed to being seen in during a race.
    — Chris Chavez, SI.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • There were women with false eyelashes and fluffy tutus, and 70-year-olds in faded running club singlets.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2018
  • When a woman in a midriff-baring singlet top and cutoff shorts walked by, the men complained that any new rules should apply to everyone equally.
    — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 20 June 2019
  • Before long, Campbell was picking up other wrestlers, too, even kids who’d been competing since they were first sized for a singlet.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 29 Oct. 2020
  • All Henson does is win Knockout titles, taking home his third singlet with an 11-6 win over Estevez.
    — Brant Parsons, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • One such post included discussions around the race and a photo of a runner wearing a Black Lives Matter singlet.
    — Jared Beasley, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Manzano raced in unbranded singlets and resorted to trying to sell t-shirts to make some money.
    — Chris Chavez, SI.com, 28 July 2019
  • Anything is better than the wrestling singlet), handing out theater-sized candy.
    — oregonlive, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Rolla offers two uniform options to allay those fears – the singlet or fight shorts and compression tops.
    — Jon Solomon, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2020
  • As her opponent sobbed nearby in her coach’s arms, Nesthy Petecio remained in the ring and tugged on her left shoulder strap to draw attention to the Philippines flag on her red singlet.
    — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Forward and Jun got the personalized singlets for themselves and other Poodle Boyz who wanted them for this marathon cycle.
    — Nora Princiotti, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Looking relaxed in a white singlet with her braids hanging free, Daya's selfies captured glorious weather and blue skies.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2020
  • In recent years, wrestling has allowed an optional two-piece uniform to be worn in competition instead of the classic singlet.
    — oregonlive, 4 May 2022
  • Rinna later showed off her look for the evening before heading to the Thierry Mugler show, donning a strapless white thong singlet with a sheer overlay dress, featuring a thigh-high leg slit.
    — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Joaquin, 18, also showed some school spirit over the weekend, sharing his official wrestling team photos, sporting a blue Michigan singlet.
    — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 27 Sep. 2021
  • In a 2009 video with only a few hundred views as of Friday, Gill runs four laps in his Stonehill College singlet for a small crowd of bored college kids on hand to witness his first mile run in six months, following an injury.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2021
  • Lambie, in contrast, is short and stocky, an elaborately mustachioed power specialist who wouldn’t have looked out of place 100 years ago wearing an old-timey wrestling singlet.
    — Kevin Draper, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023

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