loins

Example Sentences

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Tynecastle rubbed its eyes and then girded its loins.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

A second employee cuts those loins into neat chunks.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

“There was an initial moment of shock and sort of ‘OK, so I’m going to gird my loins here and finish and accomplish all these things,’” he said.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 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

Samuel was well pleased with the fruit of his loins.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck