How to use corset in a sentence

24 example sentences · noun, verb

Corset means a woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust. Example: “Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.”

Examples of corset by meaning

nounA woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.

I guess it was her Sunday corset.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

verbTo enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.

Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.

verbTo restrict or confine.

I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!
They were trying to free the lives of women of all sexualities and genders that were tightly corseted by lack of basic social and economic rights.2004 July 1, Leslie Feinberg, “Sexual freedom vs. fascism in Germany”, in Workers World

More sentences with corset

An overbust corset encloses the torso, extending from just under the arms to the hips.From the entry overbust
My fave diaper design that doesn't exist is a diaper corset.2025 May 25, @littleashenone.bsky.social, Bluesky. From the entry diaper corset
It's always a good day when you see a diaper corset.2024 November 21, @sirplsgethelp, Twitter. From the entry diaper corset
The jacket shows off my snatched waist, thanks to the corset underneath.2021 November 10, Lilith McCall, Make You Love Me, After Hours Publications, →ISBN. From the entry snatched waist
In the dressing room, the smiling attendant helped her into the longline corset with its built-in bra.2007, Solange Ayre, One Thousand Brides, page 5. From the entry longline
I feel like I'm caught in a trap — my tight corset and pinchy shoes don't help.2002, Mary Pope Osborne, Adaline Falling Star. From the entry pinchy
And girdles, pantie-belts, even things that look very much like corsets.1977, Angela Carter, “Year of the Punk”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 150. From the entry panty-belt
I suppose the bullet must have struck the steels in my corsets.1904 February 22, Daily Chron, 5 4. From the entry steel
“Pull it tighter,” one urges as her corset is laced.2017 June 30, Ruth La Ferla, “In ‘The Beguiled,’ Pretty Confections Whipped Up to Seduce”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry taffeta
She set herself up as a corsetière, making and selling stays and corsets from her shop in Tacket Street.2014, Rachel Field, The Ipswich Book of Days, Stroud, Glos: The History Press, →ISBN. From the entry corsetière
Unlaces the corset, winds down the hair.2012, Katherine Angel, Unmastered, Penguin, published 2014, page 205. From the entry straitjacketing
A leather corset hugged her waist, tight and glossy black, the shadows offset by a rainbow headscarf and violet teashade glasses.2011, Allison Pang, chapter 2, in A Brush of Darkness (Abby Sinclair; 1), New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry teashade
The resulting outfit: a cape, a breath-stealing corset, and a sheer black skirt atop a black vinyl thong and fishnet thigh-highs.1999, Jennifer Wolff, “Vamping with Vampires”, in Cosmopolitan, Jan 99. From the entry thigh-high
They did not even seem to hate their corsets.1991, Lucy Ellmann, Varying Degrees of Hopelessness, Hamish Hamilton, page 28. From the entry corsetwear
The latter will be observed in better lighting to be wearing wigs, false teeth, whalebone corsets, softcons, and elevator shoes.1976 August 21, Gary Jane Hoisington, “The Existential Olympics”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 8, page 7. From the entry elevator shoe
The origin of the corset is lost in remote antiquity.1919, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health. From the entry figure
The figures of the early Egyptian women show clearly an artificial shape of the waist produced by some style of corset.1919, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health. From the entry figure
One of the season’s best offerings in fine corsets—with just the matter of a few dozen to start with.1915 July 15, The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, volume XXVI, number 166, Winnipeg, Man., page 8. From the entry corsetwear
She protested she could not read for a part which obliged her to appear in no more than a bra, a corset, and high-button shoes.1971, Mordecai Richler, St. Urbain’s Horseman, New York: Knopf, Part 4, Chapter 19, p. 429. From the entry high button shoe
A corsetière in a department store, who has made a study of corset requirements for many years, has been amazed at the general slowness to consider the figure seriously.1926, Ladies’ Home Journal, volume 43, page 70. From the entry corsetière

Meaning of corset

noun A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
noun A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
noun A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.

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Questions about corset in a sentence

How do you use corset in a sentence?: Corset is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.”
What is a short sentence with corset?: “I guess it was her Sunday corset.”
What does corset mean?: Corset means a woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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