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waist

noun as in part of the torso between the ribs and hips

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noun as in middle of body

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She perched her hands on either side of her enormous middle as if showing off a tiny wasp waist.

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He cut a very dashing figure, to be sure, in a trim scarlet tunic over deep blue trousers, with a spotless white belt cinched about his waist.

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Murillo said that when he saw the fleeing man, Nicholas Carrillo, reach toward his waist, he feared he would be shot.

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The victim, who did not know her attacker, eventually escaped naked from the waist down to the safety of a taxi.

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In 1835 Garrison was dragged through the city’s streets with a rope around his waist.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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