Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“So girls started wearing corsets, girdles and brassieres over their clothes, and this then led to the trend for underwear as outerwear.”

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

“They have these entire markets in girdles and beauty products.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2021

Midge has made me grateful that women are no longer expected to wear corsets and petticoats and girdles and all the gear.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2019

Nineteen sixty-eight marked a year in which women loosed themselves from bras and girdles.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2018

Gem- stones glittered on the fingers of the lords and the girdles and hairnets of the ladies.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin