Perhaps she is unrealistically wasp-waisted there. From Wordnik.com. [Actual Women?] Reference
I visited the wasp-waisted, scenic little port of Balaclava. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Margolis: GHOSTS OF SEVASTOPOL] Reference
The drawings on the patterns are so impossibly stylized and wasp-waisted. From Wordnik.com. [Increasingly less-rare sighting of alphabet dress in the wild - A Dress A Day] Reference
Nigel straightened the lapels of his wasp-waisted crimson-and-silver coat. From Wordnik.com. [A Wicked Gentleman] Reference
A short man in a wasp-waisted suit arrived in a rush as if he'd been summoned. From Wordnik.com. [December 6]
The #2 hull was a wasp-waisted cylinder, narrow and needle-tapered at both ends. From Wordnik.com. [Ringworld]
Hmm . . . maybe cuz I'm not slobbering over the latest wasp-waisted basketball-boobed supermodel?. From Wordnik.com. [Couldn't help myself.] Reference
On the right was My Only Valentine, which most years is a wasp-waisted column of ice rising from a smooth cone. From Wordnik.com. [The Attraction -- and Terror --] Reference
The view closed on a decrepit vessel, perhaps two hundred meters long, wasp-waisted to support a ramscoop drive. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
He stood tall and thin in a gray robe, broad-chested but wasp-waisted, a frame that ought to have moved gawkily but instead flowed. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
With him they are gouty, big-bellied, heavy of limb and scandalously stout; with me they are thin, wasp-waisted, and terrible to the foe. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
Southern Afghanistan has long been Pakistan's sphere of influence and was seen as giving wasp-waisted Pakistan strategic depth in a major war with India. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Margolis: Wikigate - The Truth Will Out] Reference
For Anglomania, Ms. Westwood delivered swingy dresses with wasp-waisted, bustier-belt hybrids and skintight jeans and sleeveless vests in metallic denim. From Wordnik.com. [Paris Haute Couture] Reference
The stone statues of the abstract Union Soldier grow slimmer and younger each year -- wasp-waisted, they doze over muskets and muse through their sideburns. From Wordnik.com. [John Lundberg: Poems About Racism] Reference
His dinner jacket was wasp-waisted, with high built-up shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Curtains for the editor]
He was a wasp-waisted, youngish-looking man with slick black hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Laughing Fox]
A headless mannequin in one bedroom wears a wasp-waisted black dress. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Tall and rather wasp-waisted he was, nevertheless well set up, and his tailor easily might have left. From Wordnik.com. [Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport] Reference
He shows me those stiff-necked, over-hatted, wasp-waisted gentlemen, drinking Burgundy in the Café des. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Max Beerbohm] Reference
At this blast, the wasp-waisted officer was blown backwards as from before the suddenly burst head of a steam-boiler. From Wordnik.com. [Israel Potter] Reference
Rally of 1885 one of several tennis pictures, in which a boater-hatted, high-collared, wasp-waisted and bustle-bottomed. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
Women as well as kids are buying the wasp-waisted doll because many "missed out" on the toys when they were young, she added. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Call it the roar of nostalgia, for here was the Tiger of memory, just as broad-shouldered and wasp-waisted and carved-marble as ever. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
The green wasp-waisted creature, pictured here in a rendering by the production design team, is a Visitor in ABC's alien-invasion series. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com News] Reference
His garments were of London make, and the long, tight, wasp-waisted coat, buttoned clear up to the neck, seemed to enclose him like a box. From Wordnik.com. [Là-bas] Reference
My gown wasn’t going to be the sort of fitted, wasp-waisted getup that Scarlett had to be laced into. From Wordnik.com. [Half Broke Horses] Reference
Those wasp-waisted 50's and 60's!. From Wordnik.com. [just fyi ... - A Dress A Day] Reference
His hand was poised on his wasp-waisted sword. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
Few women who ever had a kid remain wasp-waisted. From Wordnik.com. [This Week's Pattern Story (and interview) - A Dress A Day] Reference
It was a 1940s all-silk, wasp-waisted dress. From Wordnik.com. [The Temple News] Reference
It became woman-waisted, then wasp-waisted. From Wordnik.com. [Split Infinity]
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