loins
Example Sentences
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But when audiences girded their loins for the sequel—this one as lavishly supported by glossy publishers as its earlier version was disavowed—there was a single character whose zippy quippiness was most anticipated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Gird your loins, The Devil Wears Prada 2 is due to be released in cinemas on Friday 1 May 2026.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
Then they’re cleaned by hand and the loins are separated from the belly before the meat is tightly hand-packed in cans and jars.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2023
“As if I were not her very own child,” Harry, the novel’s sole narrator, says, “as if I were not the flesh of her loins, as if I were instead some foreign pathogenic prototype.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2022
But we’re going to have to talk about it soon, so gird your loins, reader.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
