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33 example sentences for GIRDLE, such as:

1. A good name is better than a golden girdle.
2. A motley ring of boys and matrons girdle the walls.
3. The young teacher had difficulty in holding the children under her girdle.
4. At this challenge, Vampa rose quickly, drawing at the same moment a pistol from his girdle.
5. As the vast girdle of crimson darkened, the fulfilled land became autumnal in deep reds and browns.

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 Meanings and Examples of GIRDLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
girdle
 n.  something that encircles like a belt; zodiac, also, the equator; circumference
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1  As the vast girdle of crimson darkened, the fulfilled land became autumnal in deep reds and browns.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  He also bore a knife in a girdle of wampum, like that which confined the scanty garments of the Indian, but no tomahawk.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
3  Then, replacing his knife and tomahawk in his girdle, the warrior moved silently to the edge of the rock which was most concealed from the banks of the river.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
4  Finally, the Mohican himself reappeared, divested of all his attire, except his girdle and leggings, and with one-half of his fine features hid under a cloud of threatening black.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
5  You are certainly a girdle," said the collar; "that is to say an inside girdle.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE FALSE COLLAR
6  The tailor put on the girdle, and resolved to go forth into the world, because he thought his workshop was too small for his valour.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
7  At this challenge, Vampa rose quickly, drawing at the same moment a pistol from his girdle.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
8  As for herself she threw a beautiful light gossamer fabric over her shoulders, fastening it with a golden girdle round her waist, and she covered her head with a mantle.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK X
9  As he spoke he bound his girdle round him and went to the styes where the young sucking pigs were penned.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIV
10  I let my shirt down to my waist, and drew up the bottom; fastening it like a girdle about my middle, to hide my nakedness.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER III.
11  There is a high grove by the cold river of Caere, widely revered in ancestral awe; sheltering hills shut it in all about and girdle the woodland with their dark firs.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK EIGHTH
12  Nor will we hide ourselves unseen in a horse's belly; in daylight and unconcealed are we resolved to girdle their walls with flame.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK NINTH
13  A motley ring of boys and matrons girdle the walls.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK ELEVENTH
14  In his girdle he wore a long and double-edged dagger, which was the only offensive weapon about his person.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
15  Courtesy of tongue," said Rowena, "when it is used to veil churlishness of deed, is but a knight's girdle around the breast of a base clown.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
Example Sentence:
1  The young teacher had difficulty in holding the children under her girdle.
2  A good name is better than a golden girdle.
3  This pleasure consisted in prospect of noble summits girdling a great hill-hollow, rich in verdure and shadow; in a bright beck, full of dark stones and sparkling eddies.