T-shirt
noun
variants
or less commonly tee shirt
: a collarless short-sleeved or sleeveless usually cotton undershirt
also
: an outer shirt of similar design
Examples of T-shirt in a Sentence
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Participants must be 18 or older, and league champions will receive T-shirts.
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Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 26 Nov. 2025
Frost Fall Vest If layers are your winter wardrobe staple, this puffer vest works great over sweaters and long-sleeve T-shirts and isn’t too bulky to wear under a jacket on those extra-cold days.
—Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Body-camera footage shows the off-duty deputy — wearing a plain T-shirt and a backpack — pleading with Collins, who was perched in a tree overhanging the water.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
The family’s partnership with the suicide prevention hotline includes an annual benefit, selling T-shirts in Sayer’s memory to support it.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025
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Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 26 Nov. 2025
Frost Fall Vest If layers are your winter wardrobe staple, this puffer vest works great over sweaters and long-sleeve T-shirts and isn’t too bulky to wear under a jacket on those extra-cold days.
—Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Body-camera footage shows the off-duty deputy — wearing a plain T-shirt and a backpack — pleading with Collins, who was perched in a tree overhanging the water.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
The family’s partnership with the suicide prevention hotline includes an annual benefit, selling T-shirts in Sayer’s memory to support it.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for T-shirt
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“T-shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/T-shirt. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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