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The pull-on waistband hits around the belly button, and the slightly wide-leg sweatpant shape feels relaxed without veering into bell-bottom territory.
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Malia Griggs, Glamour, 8 Apr. 2026
The film’s amber light and ample bell-bottoms situate it firmly in the late 1970s, a time of repressive dictatorships and jittery paranoia, triggered by political malfeasance and instability across the world.
—Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
That girl was Peggy Caserta, the fashion pioneer behind bell-bottom jeans.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
When the brothers came face-to-face, each wearing a vest and medallions and bell-bottoms, the mirror image unnerved them both.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
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Malia Griggs, Glamour, 8 Apr. 2026
The film’s amber light and ample bell-bottoms situate it firmly in the late 1970s, a time of repressive dictatorships and jittery paranoia, triggered by political malfeasance and instability across the world.
—Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
That girl was Peggy Caserta, the fashion pioneer behind bell-bottom jeans.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
When the brothers came face-to-face, each wearing a vest and medallions and bell-bottoms, the mirror image unnerved them both.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bell-bottoms
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“Bell-bottoms.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bell-bottoms. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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