How to use waistline in a sentence

More sentences with waistline

• If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.From the entry gather
• He blames his overindulgence in food for his expanding waistline.From the entry overindulgence
• An Empire-style dress has a high waistline – directly under the bust – from which the dress falls all the way to a hem as low as the floor.From the entry fall
• Whether it is cars, burgers or waistlines, Americans like to think bigger.2006 Sept. 24, Gareth Chadwick, "Far-flung business: Making all the right moves, The Independent (UK) (retrieved 5 March 2014). From the entry by halves
• This silhouet features broad shoulders, a fitted, slim bodice and waistline, with full, flared swing skirt.1936, Missouri Ruralist, volume 77, page 11. From the entry silhouet
• Your shoulders and arms are still very manly and no amount of anglefraud will be enough to mask your waistline.2024 October 23, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/. From the entry anglefraud
• Our waistline will extend a few more inches at least, and our aging skin will blotch and sag.2008, Mary Jane Warr, Making Sense of Self-Esteem, →ISBN, page 10. From the entry blotch
• Girls sit unashamed on the sand with their one-piecers pulled down almost to their waistlines to tempt the coppery tan.1926, Collier’s, page 10. From the entry piecer
• Captivated by her beauty, her wasp-like waistline and, most importantly, her Jordanesque chest measurements, I'd made a reasonable fist of chatting her up.2004, Mark Worrall, Over Land and Sea. From the entry Jordanesque
• I'm blond and blue-eyed and twenty-five, and my legs are strong and my bosom is substantial, and I have a waspy waistline.2001, Charlaine Harris, Dead Until Dark. From the entry waspy
• The dancer was buck wild, and all the old, beer-bellied men were clapping and sticking money in the waistline of her sheer-leg pants.1998, Zane, Addicted, Atria Books, published 2003, →ISBN, page 190. From the entry buck wild
• Repeat these or menus equally calorieful and walk outside for 30 minutes every day—walking with waistline stretched up to make you taller—and smaller!1952 January 24, Mary Moore, “Did You Eat Too Well At Christmas Too?”, in The Ontario Intelligencer, Belleville, Ont., page 7. From the entry calorieful
• The minute she'd settled into the seat next to him, her billowing widow's rig had got redisposed to reveal her neatly gravid waistline, at which, now, he nodded.2006, Thomas Pynchon, “Bilocations”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 507. From the entry gravid
• A couple of women lawyers . . . drew a sharp, gleaming knife and applied it mentally to a target just south of the groom's waistline.1997 December 8, Lance Morrow, “Goodbye, Miss Havisham”, in Time. From the entry sing soprano
• This year "all the girls" will let their hair grow and move their waistline from the hips to some point just under the arms in princess style.1927 September 20, “Dad is anxious to see what s[tyles?] in high school: Casts anxious eye on school mode; short slickers are due”, in…. From the entry snazzy

Meaning of waistline

1. noun A line around the body at the waist; its measurement.
2. noun The narrowest part of a garment, usually at the waist, but may be above or below depending on the dictates of fashion or the whim of the designer.
3. noun Person having a large waistline.

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Questions about waistline in a sentence

How do you use waistline in a sentence?

Waistline is used as a noun. For example: “If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.”

What is a short sentence with waistline?

“He blames his overindulgence in food for his expanding waistline.”

What does waistline mean?

Waistline means a line around the body at the waist; its measurement.