But then, it was a stressful situation - the searches and pat-downs.

For some trips, it will be faster than flying - without the pat-down.

But under the new policy, the pat-down will become more intimate - from toe to neck.

No matter how bad your day was, it probably didn't involve handcuffs and a pat-down.

The officers stopped the man, asked him some questions, and then gave him a pat-down.

Those who may have avoided the pat-downs were the celebrities, and the audience was rich with them.

The officer with me did a quick pat-down and then removed the handcuffs.

He said the pat-downs above the waist were far more limited than a police frisk.

Those refusing a scan are subjected to a thorough pat-down.

In the current case, the initial pat-down was minimally intrusive.

So did the carrying of guns, in light of regular police pat-downs.

"Guess who was chosen for an extra security pat-down?"

Receiving such a signal could supply the officer with reasonable grounds for a pat-down.

He tucked the shotgun into his belt and gave Jeffrey an expert pat-down.

Brinkmann said that the invasiveness of the pat-downs have changed over time.

Hence being sure that there are no liquids will require more pat-downs of passengers.

As that agent began an initial pat-down, Ressam panicked and tried to run away.

Passengers gripe about shoe searches and pat-downs of elderly women.

A pat-down is also often used as a follow-up when a suspicious object has been detected by a scan.

I said, pausing to wait for his pat-down.

If a pat-down reveals an object that might be a gun, the officer can enter the suspect's pocket to remove it.

I am aware that pat-downs may be disconcerting.

After a quick pat-down, I was hustled off to a squad car and shoved into the backseat.

Little Pete stepped in, raised Dan's arms over his head, and gave him a thorough pat-down.

Since the blades weren't anywhere near Savage's privates, they likely would have been missed by the pat-down as well.

He didn't pat down the front center of my body.

Without a thought to what she was doing, Michael patted down her hair.

It took her a long time to pat down the noise.

"Some women say they don't want to be patted down."

Stone stood up and allowed himself to be patted down.

Another time, he protests over having been patted down at one meeting.

He quickly patted down what was left of Hank's body.

When they had patted down the earth it came up above his knees.

"When I used to go home, it was nothing for me to be stopped, put against a wall, patted down," he said.

Three white officers jumped out of the car and patted down the group.

Very, although I did see a woman who appeared alarmed at being patted down in public.

No one thought to pat down a major general.

Every morning the earth is loose, and gets harder t' pat down.

He was pushed against the wall and patted down for hardware.

Anyone with this realization may have conducted a "pat down."

Then they were patted down, shoulders to shoes, by a private security guard.

They meet up at a house and go upstairs to question a white man (the same one that was patted down earlier).

The pat down search revealed a gun, and Johnson was arrested.

Players must be patted down as they leave their bus before boarding a flight.

She patted down the pockets and felt something inside the inner breast.

Valentine submitted to a pat down from one of the guards.

In the spring, the grass would begin to grow over the dark brown earth that no one had bothered to pat down.

The ground was patted down and covered with rock and earth.

I told them I didn't feel comfortable with it and they gave me a pat down.