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
For Jones and his salvation army it's a day to gird the loins and fight back.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
Then gird your loins, because this isn’t a drink for the delicate.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
Given Marvel’s continuing rampage across the culture, I think we had better gird our loins for the next logical stage of evolution, which is when Penguin Classics, too, will become Marvel movies.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022
Next the reader—assuming he or she has not contracted the disease during the long cooking process—should “rub the temples and loins with this preparation...wash the mouth, and snuff up some of it into the nostrils.”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
