How to Use garter in a Sentence

garter

noun
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  • L.A.!) couldn't keep her hands off a brunette in a garter belt and little else.
    — Wednesday Martin, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2017
  • The garters are coming up mid-thigh, the skirt is five inches above that.
    — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 25 June 2023
  • The back of Kelsey's gown and the garter featured matching rose details.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 8 May 2023
  • Once prom starts, girls will give their garter to their date to wear around their arm and the date will often keep the garter.
    — Seventeen Editors, Seventeen, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Strippers in bras and thongs, with cash stuffed in their garter belts, were giving lap dances.
    — Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Knowles stood apart with a tennis-bracelet garter belt and earrings the size of tennis balls.
    — Vulture, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The kids got an up-close look at one of several garter snakes who call the garden home.
    — cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Her husband wore a red bow tie and a garter on his white shirt sleeve, as well as a vintage black cap.
    — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Back in May, Chanel approved the comeback with garter belts, lip rings, and fishnets for its Cruise 2022 show.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 22 June 2021
  • But no moment stuck out more for everyone — groom, bride and guests alike — than the garter toss.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The length and language of the ceremony, programs, the garter toss, and toiletries in the bathroom.
    — Vogue, 4 Nov. 2017
  • Not Sorry collection and a black bralette-and-garter set, which, in a move that couldn’t be more on-trend for 2020, is adorned with pearls.
    — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2020
  • The tossing of the bridal bouquet, the removal and tossing of garter and the spotlight on the cutting of the wedding cake are being skipped more and more.
    — Matt Campbell, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Daniels danced on the floor at one end of the stage, then the other, accepting dollar bills in a garter or between her breasts.
    — Laurie Kellman, The Seattle Times, 10 July 2018
  • As for her something old and borrowed, Cartwright’s garter belt is made from her mom’s wedding dress.
    — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com, 30 June 2019
  • Later in the video, Crockett can be seen on one knee removing his bride's garter.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2023
  • As demand grew for their one-of-a-kind bras and garter belts, Hollywood took notice.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2022
  • And those boots were later fastened to a matching black bodysuit with garters.
    — Amanda Arnold, The Cut, 22 Apr. 2018
  • In the snap, Rodrigo is seen wearing a red mini dress with a red bow across the chest, complete with a red garter and black boots.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The singer donned a black corset top, garter, and matching thigh high stockings atop what appears to be a cellphone tower.
    — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Leather harnesses, garter bags, and neckties, too. Watch the show, below.
    — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 5 May 2021
  • Male students wear a more compact version, known as a garter, which is held to the upper arm with an elastic band.
    — Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Below, a pair of white thigh-high socks were barely visible, held up by two black garter belts.
    — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 22 Dec. 2017
  • There were also sightings of garter snakes near hot springs in Southeast in the 1970s, but more recent surveys found no trace of them, Ream said.
    — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2021
  • That superstition was replaced with the garter belt toss.
    — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
  • The crowd showed its appreciation by stuffing $1 and $5 bills in her garter.
    — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Where better to dream what all too often is the impossible dream, maybe be the GM in a wedding chapel catching the garter? Sin City.
    — Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The glamorous look included a long tulle train and exposed matching garter.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 8 May 2023
  • James Lester's 86-minute documentary explores the comeback of the art form, along with the high-heeled garter girls in pasties and feathers that keep it vibrant.
    — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • And rather than a traditional garter toss, Cooper placed a garter around a football and then threw it over all of the reception tables to a group of awaiting men.
    — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023

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