GIRDLE in a Sentence
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33 example sentences for GIRDLE, such as:
1. A good name is better than a golden girdle.
2. A motley ring of boys and matrons girdle the walls.
3. The young teacher had difficulty in holding the children under her girdle.
4. At this challenge, Vampa rose quickly, drawing at the same moment a pistol from his girdle.
5. As the vast girdle of crimson darkened, the fulfilled land became autumnal in deep reds and browns.
2. A motley ring of boys and matrons girdle the walls.
3. The young teacher had difficulty in holding the children under her girdle.
4. At this challenge, Vampa rose quickly, drawing at the same moment a pistol from his girdle.
5. As the vast girdle of crimson darkened, the fulfilled land became autumnal in deep reds and browns.
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Meanings and Examples of GIRDLE
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girdle
n. an encircling or ringlike structure
v. cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1 As the vast girdle of crimson darkened, the fulfilled land became autumnal in deep reds and browns.
2 He also bore a knife in a girdle of wampum, like that which confined the scanty garments of the Indian, but no tomahawk.
3 Then, replacing his knife and tomahawk in his girdle, the warrior moved silently to the edge of the rock which was most concealed from the banks of the river.
4 Finally, the Mohican himself reappeared, divested of all his attire, except his girdle and leggings, and with one-half of his fine features hid under a cloud of threatening black.
5 You are certainly a girdle," said the collar; "that is to say an inside girdle.
6 The tailor put on the girdle, and resolved to go forth into the world, because he thought his workshop was too small for his valour.
7 At this challenge, Vampa rose quickly, drawing at the same moment a pistol from his girdle.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
Context Highlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
8 As for herself she threw a beautiful light gossamer fabric over her shoulders, fastening it with a golden girdle round her waist, and she covered her head with a mantle.
9 As he spoke he bound his girdle round him and went to the styes where the young sucking pigs were penned.
10 I let my shirt down to my waist, and drew up the bottom; fastening it like a girdle about my middle, to hide my nakedness.
11 There is a high grove by the cold river of Caere, widely revered in ancestral awe; sheltering hills shut it in all about and girdle the woodland with their dark firs.
12 Nor will we hide ourselves unseen in a horse's belly; in daylight and unconcealed are we resolved to girdle their walls with flame.
13 A motley ring of boys and matrons girdle the walls.
14 In his girdle he wore a long and double-edged dagger, which was the only offensive weapon about his person.
15 Courtesy of tongue," said Rowena, "when it is used to veil churlishness of deed, is but a knight's girdle around the breast of a base clown.
Example Sentence:
1 The young teacher had difficulty in holding the children under her girdle.
2 A good name is better than a golden girdle.
3 This pleasure consisted in prospect of noble summits girdling a great hill-hollow, rich in verdure and shadow; in a bright beck, full of dark stones and sparkling eddies.