Girdle in a sentence as a noun

A girdle at least has a purpose--a bad purpose, but at east there's some logic behind it?

The idea that a girl is a tomboy if she's not wearing a sparkly girdle and makeup is the problem.

"Anything that harms a man inwardly from his girdle upward might be removed by a moderate use of the herb.

This is what 23andMe said about that person's genome:"Has two mutations linked to limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

A person with two of these mutations typically has limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

Girdle in a sentence as a verb

This reminds me of a blog post in German [1] by a person who due to a software bug had been falsely diagnosed by 23andMe with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

And Sara Blakely got Spanx off the ground by dragging Bergdorf buyers into dressing rooms and demonstrating control-top girdle underwear.

I heard a tape of the original interview, too, and I was shocked that certain people with an agenda used it to ruin him. He very gently suggested that wearing them very tight and using the garments as a "spanx"-type girdle to shape wasn't how they're supposed to be worn.

>Though for his part Shatner claims it was a one-sided feud he didn't even know about until 1993Which, of course, humorously confirms all of the casts' characterizations of him as a selfish egomaniac in a wig and a girdle.

> does anyone here know why companies like Sarah Blakely’s Spanx didn’t suffer the same fate?Spanx succeeded because they built a brand around convincing a wide swath of the population that their life would be better if they wore a fancy girdle.

Girdle definitions

noun

an encircling or ringlike structure

noun

a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

See also: cincture sash waistband waistcloth

noun

a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

See also: corset stays

verb

cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"

See also: deaden

verb

put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins"

See also: gird