adjective
Etymology
Origin of waisted
Example Sentences
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Another classy bulb is the Lily-flowered tulip, a handful of varieties with long, waisted blooms that end in distinctive points.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
Today my 14 year old only wants to buy ‘mom’ jeans which are pretty much high waisted 80’s jeans.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2018
Interlocking panels, and, as the program notes described, cinch waisted dresses "caged by cutouts," gave a steely strength to the sometimes 6-foot-tall models.
From US News ● Jan. 25, 2016
It was awkwardly high waisted and paired with a button-down, cap-sleeved blouse in a lighter shade of pink.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 26, 2014
She’d gone in, shawled and kerchiefed, and had emerged fifteen minutes later in a drop- waisted dress and a floppy hat shaped like a chamber pot.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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