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girth

[gurth] / gɜrθ /
NOUN
measurement around the waist
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NOUN
a band
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Speaking of which: The Multistrada’s most outrageous dimension is not its height but its girth.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

But he makes up for in vehemence what he lacks in girth.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 15, 2024

Yet he seems to have developed this superiority as much through charisma and kindness as from sheer girth.

From Salon May 27, 2024

He had the thrilling job of measuring the first shark’s length and girth.

From Scientific American Oct. 18, 2023

Then Athena, standing by, filled out his limbs again, gave girth and stature to the old field captain fresh from the bathing place.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

There’s a lot of hedging going on, though the science is real, the photography spectacular and the girths of the subjects prompt impolite questions: Are you pregnant?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Richardson is a perfect example of the extent to which the sheer girths of owners’ egos are eclipsing what should be the NFL’s true narrative: the game.

From Washington Post Dec. 18, 2017

How to reconcile a lifestyle founded on getting fat and a need to convince others not to widen their own girths?

From Scientific American May 8, 2012

No matter who tightens the saddle girths, the horses keep on winning.

From Time Magazine Archive

And wherever you looked you could see people tightening girths, putting on helmets, drawing swords, and throwing cloaks to the ground.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis




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