Penrod stuck the muzzle of the pistol into the waistband of his knickerbockers at the left side and, buttoning his jacket, sustained the weapon in concealment by pressure of his elbow.
Now when the king heard thereof he was so anxious to possess the lake, or rather the waistband that produced the lake, that he sent a whole battalion of soldiers to take the fool prisoner.
The fool wound the waistband round his loins, put the helmet on his head, hid the tablecloth in his breast, took his magic wand in his hand, and started off to go to the court.
It had penetrated Riley's back on the left side, bored between two ribs, missed the wall of the stomach by a hair and made its exit an inch above the waistband of the trousers.
Billy tucked the judge's six-shooter into his waistband and ran a hand over and under the jurist's outer clothing.
I'll return mine where it came from--behind the waistband of my pants.
All the arms on board, too, were in their possession, with the exception of a pair of small pistols which Peters had concealed about his person, and the large seaman's knife which he always wore in the waistband of his pantaloons.
It had cut a deep gash through the waistband of his woollen pantaloons, and through two shirts, and made its way into his groin, from which the blood flowed out copiously as we removed the cordage.
As I fell, the carving-knife was shaken out from the waistbandof my pantaloons, and dropped with a rattling sound to the floor.
Now slip your ball of earth into your waistband just over the navel, and destroy the scent of your body and your gun.
Ripping open the waistband of his trousers, Forder took out four French Napoleons (gold coins worth 16s.
So Forder handed the Chief most of his money to take care of, and sewed up the rest into the waistband of his trousers.
Whereupon the said Edmund seized one fellow by the nape of the neck, and another by the waistband of his breeches, and with pith and power propelled them from the premises.
I gave my father a wink to let him know that it was his turn now: he understood me, hitched up his waistband and nodded.
I awoke in the middle of the night to find that my last garments had been consumed, leaving but the waistband of my trousers.
To solve the mystery, a few stitches were cut, and the waistband opened, when, lo!
Soon afterwards the husband happened to feel some hard substance in the waistband of his pants, and called his wife's attention to it, wondering what it could be.
There's the long seams, and the two pockets, and the buckle strap and the waistband and three buttonholes, and the stays and the finishing.
Illustration: Eight inches short in one waistband is a catastrophe] Our business took us to the American Ambulance men who were with the French army.
There is a net deficit of eight tragic inches, and eight inches short in one waistband is a catastrophe.
Eight inches short in one waistband is a catastrophe One of our party climbed to the roof of the dugout "Come on!
He was now running back toward the bunkhouse, trying to tighten the waistband of his trousers with a belt whose buckleless end persisted in eluding his grasp.
I think you will find all the records correct, and I now give you the key of the treasury;" and he felt in his waistbandfor it, but neither was it there nor that of his private papers, and his countenance fell.
For arms he wore in his waistband a long knife-dagger, and a sword with a long Genoa blade, while a small shield hung at his back completed his equipment.
Ay, ay, Sir," said Old Joe, giving hiswaistband a hitch.
But the collar, the cuffs, the waistband and the hem of the skirt were covered with staring red poppies.
Each wore loose leather drawers reaching as far as the knee, with a red waistband of strong stuff, and pliant sandals completed their costume.
I know that money is in thy waistband in gold pieces, and, by the saints, I have a mind to have thee stripped by the eunuchs, and I would fling it into the river, and thy carcase after it.
Khan, rubbing up his mustachios with one hand, and pressing down his waistband with the other, "like!
Perhaps this may enlighten you further upon the subject," said I, and I took from my waistband the seal of the Syud.
The monk had taken hold of my waistband to follow me, and thus I was like a beast of burden who has to carry and draw along at the same time; and this on a steep and slippery roof.
The cuff andwaistband were straight pieces of material cut to the required sizes.
Slip the head through the circular opening and let the apron fall on to the shoulders, and join the waistband in the front, and there you have the simplest and quickest made apron one could possibly imagine.
The sábuk or waistband is generally of silk of the chíndi or patólé pattern.
It is fastened round the waist by a narrow waistbandor belt (sábuk).
The waistbandor girdle by which they fasten it, is termed údat.
Between his legs and under the waistband there passes a lungofa or kopina, the ends of which hang down before and behind.
He had seven dollars in the pocket of his waistband on setting away from Fez, out of the three hundred and more with which he had started from Tetuan.
Out of the wreck of his fortune, after he sold the best contents of his house, he had still some three hundred dollars remaining in the pocket of his waistband when he was cast out of the town.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "waistband" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: belt; cincture; girdle; girth; sash; waistband
