Waists
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The guards who followed the young woman presented a violent contrast to her, armed as they were with naked sabres hung at their
waists
, and long damascened pistols, and bearing a corpse on a palanquin.
More example sentences with word waists
In most of the ceremonies, I noticed that most of the women and girls were not in sight, but when they were, I noticed that they would wear their dancing skirts and shake their
waists
off, singing, clapping, ululating, while the men filled up the rhythm section.
Ultra-endurance was once thought to be harmful to human health, but now we realize that we have all these traits that are perfect for ultra-endurance: no body fur and a glut of sweat glands that keep us cool while running; narrow
waists
and long legs compared to our frames; large surface area of joints for shock absorption.
We hadn't gone two cable lengths when a hundred savages, howling and gesticulating, entered the water up to their
waists.
She had seen duchesses at Vaubyessard with clumsier
waists
and commoner ways, and she execrated the injustice of God.
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