Leg is an English word of 3 letters with synonyms like limb or distance. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Leg in a sentence
Related words
Leg meaning
- A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
- In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
- The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
Synonyms of Leg
Using Leg
- The main meaning on this page is: A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land. | In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle. | The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
- Useful related words include: limb, distance, cloth covering, prosthetic device.
- Possible Dutch translations are: been, poot.
- In the example corpus, leg often appears in combinations such as: the leg, leg and, second leg.
Context around Leg
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Leg
- In this selection, "leg" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, kicking, left, jumping, spin, spinner and down stand out and add context to how "leg" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a persistent leg kick attack, a second leg of her, first leg and left leg. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "leg" sits close to words such as shape, glass and dream, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with leg
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A persistent leg-kick attack from Rosa chopped up Aldana’s right leg. (13 words)
A ramp for people in wheelchairs is a leg-up, not a leg-over. (14 words)
Dozens of surgeries later, his left leg is likely saved, but the right leg had to be amputated. (18 words)
A 60-year-old woman was shot twice in the leg, a 40-year-old man was shot once in the foot, a 36-year-old man was injured by shrapnel in his leg, and a 29-year-old man had a bullet graze wound in his leg. (48 words)
She said at one point she tried to leave the house but Ownbey caught her on the back porch and then beat her with the leg from a shower chair that was nearby and later pushed the hollow end into her leg and abdomen. (44 words)
It begins as a jump with one leg while kicking with the other, then move the kicking leg down and the jumping leg up into a kick, landing with the first kicking leg, all while spinning. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
It begins as a jump with one leg while kicking with the other, then move the kicking leg down and the jumping leg up into a kick, landing with the first kicking leg, all while spinning.
A 60-year-old woman was shot twice in the leg, a 40-year-old man was shot once in the foot, a 36-year-old man was injured by shrapnel in his leg, and a 29-year-old man had a bullet graze wound in his leg.
Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, to leg on the front foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Klaasen.
Bissu, who was always a leg-spinner at school, learnt the art of leg-spin bowling from his dad who was a leg-spinner.
Fracture redirect A fracture of the leg can be classified according to the involved bone into: * Femoral fracture (in the upper leg) * Crus fracture (in the lower leg).
When missing a leg or two it appears to favor this same gait, although (presumably when a leg has been injured) it may move and stand at rest with one leg slightly withdrawn.
A persistent leg-kick attack from Rosa chopped up Aldana’s right leg.
A ramp for people in wheelchairs is a leg-up, not a leg-over.
Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes Pose): Sit with one leg bent and the other leg crossed over it, twist your upper body to the side.
A second victim sustained a gunshot wound to his right arm, and a third victim sustained an injury to his right leg from what appears to be a (bullet) grazing his leg.
Dozens of surgeries later, his left leg is likely saved, but the right leg had to be amputated.
During the game, she felt her leg become locked in the ground, and at that very moment, her opponent ran towards her, causing her leg to twist.
Hall hurt his right leg when Michael Eyssimont checked him into the boards and his leg appeared to get bent under him.
In the round of 16, Leipzig conceded a 7-0 defeat in the second leg after a 1-1 draw in the first leg.
It’s only a very small part of my leg, but I had a crash and had a massive hematoma on my leg that caused nerve damage.
Knee raises, wide leg squats, standing leg curls, weighted overhead press, toe stand and bicep curls, all of those were just a few of the many they went through.
Leaving him in a coma and making his right leg shorter than his left leg, Diallo has had to come to terms with being bullied for his limp and living with his disability.
Now that the US leg is coming to a close, I am truly, genuinely curious just how many millions in bonuses will be dished out once the international leg of this tour is over.
She just announced a second leg of her tour, and yes, Philadelphia will be included in this leg of her arena SOS Tour.
She said at one point she tried to leave the house but Ownbey caught her on the back porch and then beat her with the leg from a shower chair that was nearby and later pushed the hollow end into her leg and abdomen.
Phrases with leg
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with leg
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the leg 48×
- leg and 38×
- second leg 34×
- first leg 34×
- leg of 26×
- right leg 24×
- leg in 21×
- left leg 20×
- leg to 17×
- his leg 16×