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

Subway lists its tuna as being "flaked tuna in brine" and maintains that it's FDA-regulated importers "use only 100% wild-caught tuna from whole round, twice cleaned, skipjack tuna loins."

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2022

George’s story — and the story of many of the Naylors who issued from his loins — is told in “The Naylors of Woodborough,” a meticulously researched book published in 2013.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2022

The man was without clothes except for a bit about his loins, and to all appearances he was dead, since his head drooped upon his shoulder and his eyes were closed above his bearded lips.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck