obi
Example Sentences
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Inside, men’s corsetry, obi belts and cummerbunds cinch the waist, a silhouette that is mimicked in the dramatic hourglass tailoring of coats and jackets with curved waistlines and broad shoulders.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2023
“The present is a gift,” she said, fan tucked in her obi — the wide kimono sash — pink and white parasol in her Hello Kitty shoulder bag.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022
Then she reversed them, nodded, and cinched it all together with an obi sash, “O.K., O.K. O.K.”
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2018
They reminded me of Japanese obi sashes, those sometimes ornately knotted strips of brocade.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2017
But on that first day, she liked Kimberly, her breakable beauty, her purplish eyes full of the expression Obinze often used to describe the people he liked: obi ocha.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
