How to Use stirrup in a Sentence

stirrup

noun

• You! ... with your black stirrup pants and long tees in the '90s.
  — Kristin Chenoweth, Good Housekeeping, 1 May 2017
• My mother stands up in the stirrups and holds the pole.
  — Laraine Herring, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
• That’s when a stirrup on the horse’s saddle caught a log.
  — oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2022
• Those who know him best won't be the least surprised to see him in the stirrups for a long time to come.
  — Henry Young, CNN, 26 Mar. 2018
• The riders compared the weights of their saddles - Gray’s said his is about 50 pounds — and their styles — the horn, the stirrup, the plate.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, ExpressNews.com, 5 Feb. 2020
• Check out Plush’s fleece tights with stirrups at the bottom.
  — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2023
• My left foot came out of the stirrup, but the right one was somehow twisted in the other.
  — Peter Gwin, WSJ, 19 June 2018
• The brand’s stirrup pair are great for daytime and come evening, dress them up with a party top and heels.
  — Humaa Hussain, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2022
• Her legs are in stirrups, there is blood and people wearing scrubs and masks.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
• The doctor tells you to lie back, put your legs in the metal stirrups on either side of the table and scoot down.
  — Robin Abcarian, latimes.com, 17 May 2018
• These workout pants have a stirrup that might prove tricker to pull off in the office.
  — Jamie Prokell, Men's Health, 21 Nov. 2022
• Real horsehair fills out the tail; leather forms the saddle and stirrups; agate marbles dot the eyes.
  — Michael Tortorello, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017
• In the exam room, there were soft cloth garments to slip into and velour booties over the metal stirrups.
  — Minda Honey, Longreads, 19 June 2018
• After jamming my feet, beige pumps and all, into stirrups, the doctor walked out of the room.
  — Joyce Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2020
• Kaline wore the stirrups pulled high to expose just the right amount of white sanitary socks.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 16 May 2020
• Then one foot of veteran jockey Joel Rosario flopped out of a stirrup.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2021
• The stirrup shaped lugs are pure Hermès, in a nod to the brand’s signature equestrian theme.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2021
• In the years that followed, the Queen opted to take a carriage instead — and in 2003, her husband, Prince Philip, hung up his stirrups and joined her.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
• Her clinic has three patient beds and a birthing room with a bare mattress, stirrups and a single IV pole.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 27 Feb. 2023
• From Lafayette 148, a stirrup legging is the ultimate day-to-night delight.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2023
• And when the suction is released by lifting the climber's weight off of the stirrup, the paddle can be easily moved elsewhere.
  — Dan Dubno, Popular Mechanics, 7 Dec. 2016
• My legs were still in stirrups with my bloody, broken vagina on display.
  — Lauren Hartmann, Cosmopolitan, 11 Mar. 2016
• At the fall ‘16 show, the designer introduced a stirrup pant, which, too, soon became a favourite among street style stars.
  — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 30 Oct. 2020
• Just up the street, Fenway’s light towers would be programmed to pull a full LED nutty if someone in red stirrups knocked 60 out of the park.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
• Her sister Vrindavan’s foot slips out of a stirrup, and she is thrown from her horse behind us.
  — Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2019
• Queen Camilla has hung up her stirrups and is no longer horseback riding.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
• On a standard frame design, a portion of rider weight can be taken with the legs, which keeps the weight transferred to the frame, like standing in the stirrups.
  — Joe Michaud, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• Fans and spectators can still expect to see events ranging from short stirrups to grand prix.
  — Austen Erblat, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Depending on the exercise being performed, those cables can be connected to either a single pull bar or two hand stirrups.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 26 July 2024
• With zips, slits, flares, or stirrups, leggings with elevated details have improved the wearability of stretchy black pants.
  — Vogue Shopping Editors, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024