adjective
Etymology
Origin of waisted
Example Sentences
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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 Washington Times • Jan. 25, 2016
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
There was a jacquard tweed cape lined in purple feathers, for example, paired with a purple velvet high waisted pencil skirt.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2012
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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