Use "girding" in a sentence

1. ’ She said, almost girding her loins

2. baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty

3. In the great square of Tarantia the frantic throng milled and yammered, screaming that the king was dead, that the barons were girding themselves to divide the land between them, and that the rule of a king, even of Valerius, was better than anarchy

4. At the last moment he decided to take some of the concrete and a section of the metal girding from the structure of the building back to the university so he could study the molecular configurations of the material

5. Ralf leaned in close to speak in a faux whisper, clearing his mind and girding for what was to come

6. On girding him with the sword the worthy lady said to him, "May God make your worship a very fortunate knight, and grant you success in battle

7. girding himself again to renew the onset, he began to kiss and caress me,

8. Mine host came forth at the summons, girding him with his tabard

9. At ease now, and out of all fear of any doubt or suspicion on his side, I addressed myself in good earnest to my repose, but could obtain none; and in about half an hour's time my gentleman waked again, and turning towards me, I feigned asound sleep, which he did not long respect; but girding himself again to renew the onset, he began to kiss and caress me, when now making as if I just waked, I complained of the disturbance, and of the cruel pain that this little rest had stole my senses from

10. No amount of rehearsing and girding himself had prepared him for this actual moment