waistline
noun
the circumference of the body at the waist.
waistlines
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pluralof waistline.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Their Empire waistlines were more like delineating seams that hit somewhere at the ribcage.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
Investors could keep falling back in love with drug companies in 2026, regardless of what they do for waistlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
The results revealed that the participants who followed the calorie-reduced diet and exercise plan not only reduced their diabetes risk but also lost more weight and trimmed more from their waistlines.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2025
After all, the search for a solution to expanding waistlines has eluded successive governments since the early 1990s.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024
That night our family and Eang’s sister with another friend remove the gold nuggets from their bras, waistlines, and the hems of their shirts and pants.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
