cinch

Day one had been a cinch, almost relaxing—but then again, we had not really left the car.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

For a woman who Hollywood exiles into the Nevada desert, only for her to build an empire and return to Los Angeles to conquer the industry, besting cancer should be a cinch.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

Getting around this city is a cinch since Columbia is known for its efficient public transportation options.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025

It took me three hours to force the hose onto the pump nozzle, but I couldn’t cinch it up securely.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025

They discuss drape and nap and where to cinch the waist on a skirt for a child.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson

“It goes over my entire face and cinches up, so just my nostrils are out,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2023

With this attention to detail, Hayden cinches his spot as a noteworthy figure in the lineage of American conceptualism.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

Then, he cinches his weight belt tight around his trim waist and makes his final approach.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2018

Kramer said he cinches deals by essentially letting homes speak for themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2015

It's a lovely dress, especially with the way the corset cinches her waist to nearly nothing.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

The nostalgic tone of the collection was captured by some attendees who praised the juxtaposition of pieces, resulting in fluid, less cinched silhouettes reminiscent of 1940s Hollywood.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

The cinched waist—the subtle negative drafts ahead of rear quarters—might as well have had whalebone stays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025

Under those finance deals, car dealers were paid more in commission if they cinched a higher interest rate on the loan.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025

His shoulders thickened, his waist cinched up, and his striking visage conquered a certain corner of the liberal internet.

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025

Septa Lemore had emerged in her white robes, cinched at the waist with a woven belt of seven colors.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Trade tensions between the U.S. and China sent stocks on another roller-coaster ride Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average cinching its biggest intraday comeback since April.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025

The Cougars compensated for his injury by cinching up their defense, forcing Texas Tech into several shot-clock violations.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

Up in the bucket of the scissor lift, she maneuvered through her huge cat’s cradle, cinching lines and crocheting them with larger stitched panels to create dense splashes of color among the trees.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

When Rachel once put on pants for work and found they were way too loose at the waist, she solved the problem by visiting a tailor cinching them tighter with an office binder clip.

From Washington Post ● May 6, 2021

The pony was learning already to fill his stomach out unnaturally large while the cinching was going on, and then to let it down when the straps were fixed.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck