suspender

Example Sentences

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Puns abound, with the Sun trying: "Hey big suspender."

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2019

He pops open the flip phone stored in the shirt pocket between his suspender straps and calls the number for a voicemail set up specifically for this purpose.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2015

García, de 55 años, dijo que decidió suspender el esfuerzo revocatorio durante una llamada telefónica del martes por la noche con otros organizadores, pero que podría volver si Giménez reniega de sus promesas.

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2014

The project, which agency officials estimated would create 3,600 jobs, is daunting in its magnitude: the suspender ropes, if placed end to end, would be 32 miles long. 

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2011

His costume was high-topped shoes and old-time britches held up by one suspender.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck