waistband

The waistband was high enough to give crush his lungs, but that didn't stop him recreating the video's fluid, technically-challenging choreography on stage.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

And then, they show one agent removing Pretti’s licensed handgun—which he was carrying in compliance with state law—from his waistband.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026

Until the glasses and waistband computer are turned on, the implant has no visual stimulus or signal to pass through to the brain.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2025

There are plenty of benefits to buns’ small size and snappy waistband: many female runners find them to be more comfortable and feel that they stay in place better than traditional shorts.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2024

Alexander’s pants were on his legs, but inverted, with his feet stuck through the bottom ends of the trousers and the waistband encircling his ankles.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

Among the new nonnegotiables: fleece vests instead of jackets and elastic waistbands instead of “hard pants,” i.e., anything with a zipper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

So we sink into the couch, plates on laps, clothed in pants with elastic waistbands.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025

"Our widening waistbands are also placing significant burden on our health service," he said in an opinion piece for the Telegraph.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024

“Their breasts were tied to their waistbands, they had four or five babies wrapped around them and they had baskets on their head,” he recalled by phone in advance of his book’s launch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2022

They also wore special cotton waistbands under their clothes and made for each soldier by his wife or his mother or his sisters.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac