(n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.
(n.) A sash worn by women around the waist.
Example Sentences:
(1) He argued that he had intended to tase Grant, but accidentally shot him after seeing him reach for his waistband.
(2) He was wearing a beautiful tweed jacket, which had a slightly high waistband and he looked so beautiful.
(3) He put his right hand into his waistband and his left hand into a fist, “and he starts charging at me,” Wilson.
(4) In our American imagination, the feared objects which might come out of the waistband of unarmed black male children like Mike Brown or Tamir Rice so frightened armed white men, they’re allowed to kill them.
(5) Officially known as bib shorts, these cruellest of garments are designed to keep kidneys warm during cold, rainy stages and to eliminate any problems with waistbands, which can dig in.
(6) Today we're in a different century, a different millennium, a very different era than the one that first offered up twerpy, earnest, high-waistbanded Astley.
(7) Authorities said the officers told Tamir to raise his hands, and shot him when he pulled the pellet gun from his waistband .
(8) Aged five, he joined Barnard Castle rugby club , his local team, and started playing tag rugby, where opponents try to swipe a swatch of cloth from their waistband instead of tackling.
(9) I could show you if you really want,” he says jokingly tugging at his waistband.
(10) Two workers on a construction site told police that Alexis walked out of a next-door home on 6 May 2004, pulled a pistol from his waistband and fired three shots into the rear tyres of their parked car .
(11) "His hands were always up your skirt or your top and if you were wearing trousers, he'd find a way to slip them down your waistband.
(12) The boy was confronted on Saturday by officers responding to a 911 call about a male who appeared to be pulling a gun in and out of his waistband.
(13) Female ushers in flowing white robes, gold waistbands and gold shoes smile serenely in the aisles as they collect donations.
(14) Authorities said officers told Tamir to raise his hands, and shot him when he pulled the pellet gun from his waistband.
(15) Deputy chief Ed Tomba said one officer fired twice after the boy pulled the fake weapon, which was lacking the orange safety indicator usually found on the muzzle, from his waistband but had not pointed it at police.
(16) Loehmann claimed he shot because Tamir pulled the pellet gun from his waistband, “had been threatening others with the weapon and had not obeyed our command to show us his hands”.
(17) Agents in Washington spoke to him again in late August after Gonzalez was found near a White House fence with a small hatchet in his waistband.
(18) Photograph: Screen capture The 911 caller also suggested that Tamir was repeatedly pulling the BB gun out of the waistband on his pants.
(19) US army researchers have developed smart underwear, with sensors secreted inside elastic waistbands that track heart rate, body temperature and perspiration, and beam the stats back to a central monitor.
(20) It has always been a favourite spot for guys who prefer to wear their T-shirt tucked into their waistband than on their actual person.
Wristband
Definition:
(n.) The band of the sleeve of a shirt, or other garment, which covers the wrist.
Example Sentences:
(1) You will leave your house without your watch or wristband, but you will never leave your house without your shoes.” Blending in with existing apparel The challenge faced by Google Glass and other wearable technologies is that they rely on the user being prepared to wear an extra item of apparel.
(2) The deputy mayor of Salzburg eventually donated boxes full of colourful wristbands normally used at political rallies, which Müller used instead.
(3) Ignorance of the scale of the challenge can sometimes be bliss, he added: “You can be halfway up the mountain before you realise what the challenges are.” Stapleton’s keynote speech was followed by a panel discussion by the owners of three very different businesses: Joanna Montgomery, who founded Little Riot , which makes Pillow Talk wristbands; Nick Edwards, founder of software company Papaya Resources ; and Arpana Gandhi, who founded Disarmco , a company that has developed a safe way of disposing of landmines and other unexploded ordnance (explosive weapons).
(4) David Cameron tweeted his support and a photograph of him wearing a Help for Heroes wristband.
(5) Undercover underwear What do you do when you develop a cunning remote-monitoring system to track soldiers’ performance in the field, but they don’t want to wear a clumsy chest strap, or forget to wear the wristband?
(6) Plug and play modules make up the wristband Blocks intends to create a selection of modules that can be connected in any combination to produce a smartwatch.
(7) Will we have smart ovens by Christmas that will know how to cook turkey while we watch football on 4K TVs, monitoring our sofa habits with wristbands?
(8) Opposition supporters in Europe used the concerts as forums to denounce Iran's ruling system and flash the green wristbands and scarves that symbolised the protest movement.
(9) On Sunday the Clippers played wearing black wristbands and black socks in protest, but appeared distracted and lost 118-97.
(10) One day, one of the Sharks went to a sports store and bought a leather archer's wristband.
(11) The seller responded: “We are sorry that we are not VAT-registered.” A Fitbit wristband, sold by John Lewis for £93.95, is offered by another overseas company for £92.89.
(12) The president, wearing a pink wristband to promote breast cancer awareness, hammered home the point just in case anyone thought he was just making a stray remark.
(13) McGrath wore wristbands to hide his wounds and inspired Villa to a 6-0 lead.
(14) Subjects in Group 1 (N = 8) used acupressure wristbands for five days, followed by five days without therapy.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Wearing your tech on your wrist: the recycled Worldbeing wristband Well dressed: carbon-tracking wristband 2015 is the year wearable tech went mainstream, and esigner Benjamin Hubert now wants us to use it to tackle climate change.
(16) Panel Joanna Montgomery , founder of Little Riot, which makes Pillow Talk wristbands.
(17) So on my second visit, I use my wristband to trot out to newly opened Hantverk & Found (18 King St), a tiny seafood cafe and gallery, for gorgeous local seafood dishes and a clever winelist.
(18) There are gloves that can turn your fingers into a phone, jeans that have skin moisturisers built in, and even a wristband that monitors your nervous system and can tell you when you need to calm down.
(19) Asked if it could provide a VAT receipt, the selling firm, which gives as its address a six-bedroom residential house in upstate New York, said in an email: “I apolgize [sic] but we do not supply VAT invoices.” The iPad and Fitbit wristband were among 24 popular items in a £1,818.20 sample order placed on Amazon as part of the Guardian’s investigation.
(20) Wristbands that carried the number people needed to text were handed out at the events, but the charges were written on the inside of the wristband in small print.