loins

Example Sentences

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For Jones and his salvation army it's a day to gird the loins and fight back.

From BBC

Laureano, for example, relies heavily on imports from Canada: “Let’s say my arctic char, my cod loins.”

From Salon

A second employee cuts those loins into neat chunks.

From Seattle Times

Come for the outfits and shots of Paris; stay for Stanley Tucci’s amazing line read of “gird your loins.”

From New York Times

They decided to skip turkey last Thanksgiving, for example, because the price of meat had risen so much; instead, they defrosted some pork loins they’d purchased earlier in bulk.

From Washington Post