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Recent Examples of waistband
The compression is medium—not so strong that I'm distracted by the tightness but still firm—with an elastic waistband that pulls in and smooths my stomach.
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Malia Griggs, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
School staff reported one of the people outside was holding his waistband.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025
Testers love the comfortable elastic waistband of the pants and the flatting scoop neck of the t-shirt.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 14 Mar. 2025
Skip pants with too-tight waistbands or unforgiving fabric, and treat yourself to a pair of stretchy wide-leg bottoms instead.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2025
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Malia Griggs, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
School staff reported one of the people outside was holding his waistband.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025
Testers love the comfortable elastic waistband of the pants and the flatting scoop neck of the t-shirt.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 14 Mar. 2025
Skip pants with too-tight waistbands or unforgiving fabric, and treat yourself to a pair of stretchy wide-leg bottoms instead.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for waistband
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waistband
Noun
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The assault escalated into a violent spectacle, with The Rock employing a belt to inflict further damage.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Fifty percent of the Good American collection is denim; 47 percent is ready-to-wear, which includes tops, bottoms, dresses, jackets and outerwear, and 3 percent is belts.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Quant, whose name was synonymous with London’s Swinging ’60s and its fashion, offered young women a new, more liberated way of dressing, free from the girdles and restrictive undergarments that their mothers and grandmothers had worn.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
18 Mar. 2025
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But encasing myself into the 25 eye-and-hook buttons of a Merry Widow corset or slipping into a tea rose silk bullet bra with matching lace up girdle?—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Khloé, 40, was red hot for the glam outing, wearing a strapless cherry red gown with a matching sash draped across her neck.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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Dress This pale yellow organza midi dress from Erdem’s spring 2018 collection is a masterclass in delicate beauty, embroidered with intricate florals and finished with a lilac ribbon sash for a perfectly unexpected contrast.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For the first governor's dinner, the onetime fashion model favored a black velvet tuxedo with satin lapels and a crisp white tuxedo shirt and a cummerbund.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA TODAY,
5 Mar. 2025
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Paired with a custom black wool shawl collar tuxedo by Prada, a grosgrain cummerbund and a sophisticated bowtie, Stan looked every bit a leading man.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Shaved into ribbons with a mandoline, the raw vegetables’ tender crunch shines through.—
Scott Clark,
Saveur,
3 Apr. 2025
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Its rotating stone and gem-set planets come adorned with gold ribbon with the engraved names of the planets inspired by 18th-century celestial charts.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The band’s last Connecticut show was at New Haven’s College Street Music Hall in 2022.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2025
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Cyrus is silhouetted hazily dancing in front of the band before a close-up has her writhing on the ground in a green sequined dress.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The pocket detail is repeated on denim midi skirts with front slits and self-belts.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Jan. 2025
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Both raincoats feature a detachable zip hood, a hood visor extension, an adjustable bungee cord with a metal toggle at the hood opening, a self-belt and signature stripe lining.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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This loop shows how much different than normal temperatures will be through Saturday.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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Police said a trooper attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a Jeep Wrangler around 11:05 p.m. on the inner loop of Interstate 695 at Greenspring Avenue.—
Matt Hubbard,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Waistband.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waistband. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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