garters

Example Sentences

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Men could wear blouses and shirts on the outside, while women could do away with their corsets, stockings, and garters.

From National Geographic • Jan. 9, 2024

Elasticized waistbands, knee-high socks and garters, painted a picture of comfortable chic.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

For the time being, it revealed itself only in women’s wardrobes: no more garters and girdles, tights rather than stockings, flatter shoes.

From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2018

Those garters, by the way, are the most extensive and colorful I’ve ever seen in a production of “Twelfth Night,” and Mr. Adkins wears them with appropriately laughable pride.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2011

He was leaning his elbows on the table, hair in eyes, his rumpled shirtsleeves held up with striped garters.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt