suspenders

Example Sentences

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Its Intel profits alone would make Gordon Gekko hang up his suspenders.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Looped into the traction and stability systems and the smartest brakes on the planet, the Turbo S’s high-voltage suspenders represent a major advance in client preservation technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

I wouldn’t expect the King auction to fetch similarly high prices, but you can’t measure a man by what people are willing to pay for his suspenders.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

“Trump’s lawyers are taking a belt and suspenders approach to his cases,” former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Salon.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2024

Not: Wally wears suspenders, while his favorite shoes are wingtips. i TOMBSTONE: Use lighted, not lit. r.i.p.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner