waistband
noun
waist·band
ˈwās(t)-ˌband 
: a band (as of trousers or a skirt) fitting around the waist
Examples of waistband in a Sentence
shorts with an elastic waistband
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He was pinned to the ground by multiple ICE agents, the videos show, and his gun had already been pulled from his waistband by an agent when he was shot several times.
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
An agent was seen pulling Pretti's gun from his waistband before other agents fired several shots and killed him.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Pretti was being held on the ground when an officer appeared to remove a gun from Pretti's waistband just moments before another agent fired the first shot.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Videos show Pretti had a phone in his hand but never touched his gun, which was removed from his waistband by an agent before he was shot.
—Peter Weber, TheWeek, 26 Jan. 2026
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
An agent was seen pulling Pretti's gun from his waistband before other agents fired several shots and killed him.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Pretti was being held on the ground when an officer appeared to remove a gun from Pretti's waistband just moments before another agent fired the first shot.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Videos show Pretti had a phone in his hand but never touched his gun, which was removed from his waistband by an agent before he was shot.
—Peter Weber, TheWeek, 26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for waistband
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“Waistband.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waistband. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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waistband
noun
waist·band
ˈwās(t)-ˌband
: a band (as of trousers or a skirt) fitting around the waist
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