Knee is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like joint. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Knee in a sentence
Related words
Knee meaning
- In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
- In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
- In birds:
Synonyms of Knee
Using Knee
- The main meaning on this page is: In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. | In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans. | In birds:
- Useful related words include: knee joint, articulatio, articulation, joint.
- In the example corpus, knee often appears in combinations such as: knee injury, the knee, knee and.
Example sentences (20)
The company’s key offerings in the knee braces market include Axiom-D Elite Ligament Knee Brace, Roadrunner Soft Knee Brace, Fusion OA Plus, 20.50 Patella, and EPO Lite Post-Op Knee Brace.
Above the knee: femur, knee: patella, below the knee: tibia, fibula.
The knee of hatred, the knee of injustice, the knee of the police officer on the neck of George Floyd.
Ole Mancer did the knee pad up and knee pad down routine and then smashed Martinez with a running knee to the face.
For example, the noun knee can be said to be used substantively in my knee hurts, but attributively in the patient needed knee replacement.
An officer close to Thurmond’s head “seems to be placing a knee or knee(s) in Thurmond’s neck/shoulder area,” the timeline reads.
Diaz hasn’t ruled out returning this season, but tests on his injured left knee indicate it still isn’t as strong as his healthy knee, according to the Mets manager.
Injuries have been a factor (Jun Endo is sidelined with a knee injury, Katie Johnson suffered a knee injury last week and will not be available and Christen Press is still working her way back.
Jason Saab has overcome his serious knee injury and replaces Christian Tuipulotu on the wing after he was ruled out for three weeks with a knee injury.
Lewan had surgery in 2020 to repair a torn ACL in his right knee, and he missed all but two games of 2022 with another right knee injury.
Polanco battled knee issues last season and was progressing well early in camp before his knee flared up on him.
Rams LB Ernest Jones (knee) and DT Larrell Murchison (knee) did not participate in practice Wednesday.
Seven Ravens were missing from the portion of Tuesday’s practice open to the media, including cornerback Marlon Humphrey (calf), left tackle Ronnie Stanley (knee) and wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (knee).
Spurs were already without captain (knee), Ryan Sessegnon (hamstring), Rodrigo Bentancur (knee) and Yves Bissouma (ankle) for the south-coast clash and saw Richarlison and Davies both forced off during the first half with muscle issues.
Strengthening the muscles around the knee will “provide stability and support for the knee and can help to alleviate pain,” Alex says, recommending cycling, leg press and deadlifts.
The Lord pulled up a chair, and indicated that Bradley should sit down, knee to knee with the captive woman.
The person was captured on surveillance footage wearing a black hoodie, blue shorts, gray shoes, a green scarf, a knee brace on his right knee, and a dark backpack.
The workout continued with walking lunges and knee-ups, single-leg deadlifts, and elevated knee-ups.
This reduction was significant only at the femoral neck of the amputated limb of amputees in a subgroup analysis, with a greater reduction noted for above-the-knee than below-the-knee amputees.
Try to keep the front knee directly above the ankle and lower the left knee to hover just off the floor.
Common combinations with knee
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- knee injury 46×
- the knee 41×
- knee and 29×
- his knee 25×
- with knee 16×
- right knee 16×
- knee to 12×
- running knee 8×
- knee in 8×
- left knee 8×