waist

Example Sentences

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On either side, men bent at the waist, clearing fruit with one quick sweep of the knife and moving on to the next.

From Los Angeles Times

"I tried to run back to my house to tell my husband, and the water was already reaching my waist," she told AFP.

From Barron's

When Thellus saw her clutch her waist, she was afraid she might never see the birth of her grandchild.

From New York Times

A man is standing on the sidewalk, bent at the waist in a nearly 90-degree angle.

From Seattle Times

“And ‘Superman’ had come out in the ’30s and that drove the look of the ’40s with the exaggerated shoulder, baggy pants and cinched waist.

From Los Angeles Times