LIMB in a Sentence
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216 example sentences for LIMB, such as:
1. Men and women have four limbs.
2. I eased my stiff limbs into the hot bath.
3. The broken limb must be immobilized immediately.
4. She mounted the seat and brought down the hickory limb on his back.
5. Generally people who injure limbs have bad arthritis as they mature.
2. I eased my stiff limbs into the hot bath.
3. The broken limb must be immobilized immediately.
4. She mounted the seat and brought down the hickory limb on his back.
5. Generally people who injure limbs have bad arthritis as they mature.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of LIMB
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limb
n. (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
n. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
Classic Sentence: (204 in 14 pages)
1 When he returned he had a small limb of a tree in his hand and he laid it mercilessly across the horse's galled back.
2 Rhett made no reply but brought the tree limb down on the horse's back with a cruel force that made the animal leap forward.
3 She mounted the seat and brought down the hickory limb on his back.
4 Turning deliberately, Scarlett raised the tree limb she had been using as a whip and brought it down across Prissy's back.
5 He had hung his coat on a tree limb, for the work was hot, and he stood resting as she came up to him.
6 And you'll be left out on the end of a limb, with never a Democratic friend or a Republican either.
7 While his one live leg made lively echoes along the deck, every stroke of his dead limb sounded like a coffin-tap.
8 For he never means to swallow a single limb; he only thinks to terrify by feints.
9 No, no," returned the scout, in decided disapprobation of this opinion, "I rubbed the bark off a limb, perhaps, but the creature leaped the longer for it.
10 The flash of rifles was then quick and close between them, but either party was too well skilled to leave even a limb exposed to the hostile aim.
11 Their rifles made a common report, when, sinking on his wounded limb, part of the body of the savage came into view.
12 She was often defeated in her purpose, by encountering their watchful eyes, when it became necessary to feign an alarm she did not feel, and occupy the limb by some gesture of feminine apprehension.
13 A long and grave pause succeeded, during which no movement of a limb, nor any expression of an eye, betrayed the expression produced by his remark.
14 The light rendered every limb and joint discernible, and Duncan turned away in horror when he saw they were writhing in irrepressible agony.
15 Not a limb was moved, nor was a breath drawn louder and longer than common, until the closing syllable of this final decree had passed the lips of Tamenund.
Example Sentence:
1 But he shares Mary's apathetic and listless look: he seems to have more length of limb than vivacity of blood or vigour of brain.
2 But he shares Mary's apathetic and listless look: he seems to have more length of limb than vivacity of blood or vigor of brain.
3 When the doctors had to amputate the young man's leg to prevent the spread of cancer, he did not let the loss of a limb keep him from participating in sports.
4 All the other countries signed the agreement, leaving Britain out on a limb.
5 This entire rickety structure was hanging from the limb of an enormous leafy tree.
6 The broken limb must be immobilized immediately.
7 He spread-eagled his limbs while lying on the grass.
8 Men and women have four limbs.
9 I eased my stiff limbs into the hot bath.
10 When you excise the dead and dying limbs of a tree, you not only improve its appearance but also enhance its chances of bearing fruit.
11 Generally people who injure limbs have bad arthritis as they mature.
12 Davi was born without fully developed limbs but he's not been discouraged, despite the haphazard nature of facilities in Brazil; "Sport is my life because without sport I'm not Davi, " he said, brimming with confidence.