belt-line

In the car, I checked the president for blood, working my hands around his body from the belt-line up, under each arm, along his back, neck and head.

'Lord, let him live,' Reagan's Secret Service agent prayed 2011

In the car, I checked the president for blood, working my hands around his body from the belt-line up, under each arm, along his back, neck and head.

'Lord, let him live,' Reagan's Secret Service agent prayed 2011

Were there too few miners walking the belt-line to keep up with the maintenance tasks at hand?

Ellen Smith: Massey and Mine Safety and Health Administration Missed Many Opportunities to Avert Crisis 2010

I'm wondering, are those pleats beneath the belt-line, or is that just wrinkling resulting from the way the woman has positioned her hands?

Mouret, your way. - A Dress A Day 2006

Apparently your thoughts never travel farther north than your belt-line…

Think Progress » Kristol: Cheney’s Claim That Lamont Win Helps ‘Al-Qaeda Types’ Is ‘Indisputably Correct’ 2006

This is a particularly handy device considering that the S.A.M. has slipped them a scroll with a recipe for chicken soup ... while the real Text-O-Power ™ is tattooed across his tummy in such a manner as to cause the Nazi grandaughter to spend a really long time gratuitously examining him south of the belt-line.

Bulletproof Monk 2004

After a minute, his right arm reached surreptitiously around his back, as if scratching an itch at the belt-line, then he straightened.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

After a minute, his right arm reached surreptitiously around his back, as if scratching an itch at the belt-line, then he straightened.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

We are seeing the evolution of a form of "mass nutritionism" -- a growth industry -- at a time when baby boomers are starting to look uncomfortably at their belt-line and worry about their cholesterol level and blood pressure.

Understanding Healthy Nutrition 1992

This body he turned over, running an exploring hand along the belt-line.

Never-Fail Blake Arthur Stringer 1912