The bodice of the dress was trimmed to correspond. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
The term bodice ripper is used only once and buried within the longer piece. From Wordnik.com. [Joanne Rendell: Romancing the Academy] Reference
The black bodice is Norwegian fashion -- the white. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds] Reference
ROSE: The bodice is divine and the fabric moves beautifully. From Wordnik.com. [Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 4 Recap: Cooter Couture] Reference
The skirt and bodice are joined, and the bodice is open at the sides. From Wordnik.com. [High Albania] Reference
Mondo's bodice is too large for his model and he has to start over from scratch. From Wordnik.com. [Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway, Episode 9 "Race to the Finish"] Reference
Poor, poor blue-eyed boy in bodice-land, he's covered in incriminating lipmarks. From Wordnik.com. [how in the hell it happened, roughly] Reference
The bodice is open at the side, and a thick epaulette, heavily fringed, covers the shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [High Albania] Reference
It supports the bodice from the waistline up, rather than from the shoulders, as our modern bra does. From Wordnik.com. [Modest Active Wear] Reference
ROSE: The bodice is pretty, and the Campbell's fabric is actually fairly inoffensive as part of a flower. From Wordnik.com. [Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 4 Recap: Cooter Couture] Reference
The bodice is cut into dynamic angles that extend into the bottom flowing layers with an extra long tail that sweeps across the floor. From Wordnik.com. [NATUREVSFUTURE: Recycled Juice Pouch Gown | Inhabitat] Reference
(The bodice is my favorite costume piece, hands down.). From Wordnik.com. [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference
The bodice is a complementary cut, with a show off back. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion World of SL] Reference
Across the bodice was a colorful mauve rose and the words In Full Bloom. From Wordnik.com. [Annie, Get Your Guy & Messing Around With Max]
It is sleeveless, and I think the bodice is a little different, but it's the same idea. From Wordnik.com. [People are Good. - A Dress A Day] Reference
The dark lines you see in the bodice are the gaps in my adjustable dress form, underneath the fabric. From Wordnik.com. [More from my closet - A Dress A Day] Reference
Just make sure the bodice is the right size for you, and do horizontal buttonholes NOT vertical buttonholes. From Wordnik.com. [The Heartbreak of Gaposis - A Dress A Day] Reference
Her black gown fitted perfectly her trim figure, and a single red rose, half-blown, caught in her bodice was her only ornament. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Keith] Reference
The bodice is lined with no iron bleached muslin. From Wordnik.com. [Home Living] Reference
The choli is a bodice which is put on the female child, who never knows what stays are. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton] Reference
Here's a closeup of the bodice which is not exactly perfect, just like my puzzle-solving ability!. From Wordnik.com. [March 2007] Reference
That said, the something I'm going to Pick and Do will have something like this kind of bodice: a center seam with a faced collar. From Wordnik.com. [August 2007] Reference
The women have a kind of bodice, or short waistcoat rather, that defends the breasts and reaches to the hips. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants] Reference
The cut of the bodice was a deep V, but she’d cleverly stuffed a piece of lace down the middle to appease her guardian. From Wordnik.com. [Castles and The Lion’s Lady] Reference
Tell Rosa to prepare my bodice with the small buttons. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
(Though it's now a bodice-ripper with a happy ending.). From Wordnik.com. [The Return Of Shame] Reference
As a deregulation romance novel, Loeb's letter is a bodice-ripper. From Wordnik.com. [Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Robespierre of the Hedge-Fund Revolution] Reference
It was a mythmaker of a dress, with a full skirt and fitted bodice. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Vault of Jean Maria Schwartz in Heaven] Reference
A specimen of old Honiton, baby's cap, bodice, and handkerchief 3 5 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
Joffe is much too high-minded to merely give us a trashy bodice-ripper. From Wordnik.com. [Hester Prynne's Hot Tub] Reference
She pinned the pink into her bodice so high that she could inhale its perfume. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Out from the bodice of her sundress, a tattoo of a writhing warrior goddess emerged. From Wordnik.com. [Bailey White: 'The Green Bus'] Reference
“And what's this?” he asked as he ripped my bodice-ripper from Vincent's hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Bodice-Ripper Free School Zone Act] Reference
MONDELLO: Bright red A's sewn into her bodice prove just as attention-getting as you'd expect. From Wordnik.com. ['Easy A': Reputation Management, With Hiccups] Reference
Only her bodice, modest though it was, did not altogether conceal the dainty grace of her figure. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
It's not so much the velour-fireworks bodice that Post producer Andrea Browne likened to an Ice Capades costume. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion statement: Venus Williams's questionable U.S. Open outfit] Reference
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