cinch
Example Sentences
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The glass tower — emerging from a cluster of angled columns — cinches inward at its waist, bulging outward again as it rises, like a figure leaning into a twirl.
From Los Angeles Times
“It was a total cinch. We were smart enough to figure that out and didn’t. Our worst mistakes have been mistakes of omission.”
From Barron's
They each tucked a single glove beneath the belts they had cinched ’round their waists.
From Literature
He cut a very dashing figure, to be sure, in a trim scarlet tunic over deep blue trousers, with a spotless white belt cinched about his waist.
From Literature
“They just use it as a mechanism for getting rid of difficult-to-prosecute cases, cases that weren’t a lead-pipe cinch to get a conviction,” said Gary Kleck, professor emeritus of criminology at Florida State University.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
