waistband

Example Sentences

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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

Participants wore waistband pedometers to track physical activity and underwent PET scans to measure amyloid-beta plaques and tau tangles in the brain.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

According to a Granbury police report, an off-duty officer spotted a black pistol in a holster in Cliff Criswell’s waistband and alerted school and city police.

From Salon • May 15, 2024

I tuck Judith’s envelope into the waistband of my skirt so I won’t have to carry it visibly down the street.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse