Girdle in a sentence

This environmentally-friendly product provides effective control over a wide range of pest categories, including whitefly, aphids, jassids, semilooper, and girdle beetles.

Affirming UN’s stand, the Coordinator of Girdle Advocacy Projects, Sylvia Chioma, whose organisation is among the frontline groups that are sensitising people against the harmful practice, said breast ironing is very prevalent in Nigeria.

If you thought of the shoulder girdle as one unit across your upper body, you might be surprised to know you can dissociate one side from the other.

She improvises a skincare routine, tries a self-administered bikini wax that ends in blood, and caps it all off with an attempt to shimmy into a girdle.

The actual Super Bowl game might be a confusing hell, but you don't need helmet & padded girdle to read B&T's coverage.

The chiton mollusk, which is about 1 to 2 inches long, has a series of eight large plates and is ringed by a girdle of smaller, more flexible scales.

But appearances can be deceptive and the snow defences that girdle the slopes are a reminder that this is avalanche country, stunning yet fragile.

It is believed the armoured shell of the ship is acting like a 'girdle' and keeping the rotting carcass of the ship contained.

This extension of the cover could be used to carry the book like a purse or could be tucked into a girdle or belt.

Adam succumbs to Eve just as Gawain surrenders to Bertilak's wife by accepting the girdle.

Ajax gives Hector his girdle, which later was used to attach Hector's corpse to Achilles' chariot by which he is dragged around the walls of Troy.

Although Gawain sins by putting his faith in the girdle and not confessing when he is caught, the Green Knight pardons him, thereby allowing him to become a better Christian by learning from his mistakes.

Anatomically the shoulder girdle with bones and corresponding muscles is by definition a part of the arm.

Bronze hinges were removed in favour of simple rivets, belt fastenings utilised small hooks, and the lowest two girdle plates were replaced by one broad plate.

By accepting the girdle from the lady, he employs reason to do something less than courageous—evade death in a dishonest way.

For example, Cotgrave's 1611 Dictionarie describes the Bayonet as "a kind of small flat pocket dagger, furnished with knives; or a great knife to hang at the girdle".

Gawain chooses to keep the girdle out of fear of death, thus breaking his promise to the host but honouring the lady.

Gawain must accept the girdle from the Lady, but he must also keep the promise he has made to his host that he will give whatever he gains that day.

He then fastens the girdle to his chariot and drives his fallen enemy through the dust to the Danaan camp.

In an inversion of the story of Thomas' doubts, the other apostles are skeptical of Thomas' story until they see the empty tomb and the girdle.