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  • noun Plural form of waistline.

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Examples

  • THE grey in the hair is clearly evident, the waistlines are a little bigger, the eyesight's not as good, but no one can take the love of the game away from the likes of Seak Poh Leong,

    TODAYonline 2008

  • Holiday parties and gatherings with family and friends can take a toll on our willpower and our waistlines which is why millions of us pledge to go on a diet come January 1st.

    Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest of The Time I Know You? 2008

  • You have served two courses, time is getting on and waistlines are expanding.

    Amarone's Sweet Charms Will Lyons 2011

  • I see people angry at others, not because of their principles, or lack thereof, but because of what they've been able to achieve -- may it be love, slimmer waistlines, stronger biceps, better jobs, bigger cars, etc.

    Fahad Faruqui: H.A.T.E.R.S. Never Prosper Fahad Faruqui 2012

  • But patients with bulging waistlines, as measured by either waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratio, had a higher risk of death.

    Bigger the Belly, the Bigger the Risk Ron Winslow 2011

  • Nah, I prefer to de-stress in a way that makes everyone elses waistlines expand ... and that would be in the kitchen with the weapons known as ovens and mixing bowls.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Sarah 2009

  • The fact that America is no longer the fattest country in the world doesn't mean that American waistlines are slimming.

    Grace Nasri: Expanding Americans Grace Nasri 2011

  • I see people angry at others, not because of their principles, or lack thereof, but because of what they've been able to achieve -- may it be love, slimmer waistlines, stronger biceps, better jobs, bigger cars, etc.

    Fahad Faruqui: H.A.T.E.R.S. Never Prosper Fahad Faruqui 2012

  • Now, instead of reducing the kiddywink generation's waistlines he's attempting to expand their minds by establishing his own Dream School.

    Charlie Brooker: Jamie's Dream School – a youth club with David Starkey instead of a pool table 2011

  • Nah, I prefer to de-stress in a way that makes everyone elses waistlines expand ... and that would be in the kitchen with the weapons known as ovens and mixing bowls.

    Drowning My Sorrows Sarah 2009

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