How do you use Limb in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like branch or arm, plus the exact meaning.
Limb in a sentence
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Limb meaning
- A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
- A branch of a tree.
- The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
Synonyms of Limb
Using Limb
- The main meaning on this page is: A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing). | A branch of a tree. | The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
- Useful related words include: branch, arm, arc, portion.
- In the example corpus, limb often appears in combinations such as: on limb, limb and, and limb.
Context around Limb
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 13 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Limb
- In this selection, "limb" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, apart, lower, normal, turned, remains and although stand out and add context to how "limb" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the limb between the and 62 upper limb remains equaled. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "limb" sits close to words such as addo, coma and cyrus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with limb
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, limb for limb was the penalty for assault upon an amelu. (17 words)
And so the racking must continue till she, and perhaps her party, are torn limb from political limb. (18 words)
Or are they trying to break the rules and rip the franchise apart limb from limb in another metatextual way? (20 words)
Movement of this reflected normal limb is then performed so that it looks to the patient as though they are performing movement with the affected limb (although it will be pain free due to the fact it is a normal limb being reflected). (43 words)
In some cases, that individual may take drastic measures to remove the offending appendages, either by causing irreparable damage to the limb so that medical intervention cannot save the limb, or by causing the limb to be severed. (38 words)
However, reports link pump therapy to increased incidence of edema proximal to the affected limb, such as genital edema arising after pump therapy in the lower limb. citation IPC should be used in combination with complete decongestive therapy. (38 words)
Or are they trying to break the rules and rip the franchise apart limb from limb in another metatextual way? (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
Anatomists divide the lower limb into the thigh (the part of the limb between the hip and the knee ) and the leg (which refers only to the area of the limb between the knee and the ankle ).
In some cases, that individual may take drastic measures to remove the offending appendages, either by causing irreparable damage to the limb so that medical intervention cannot save the limb, or by causing the limb to be severed.
Movement of this reflected normal limb is then performed so that it looks to the patient as though they are performing movement with the affected limb (although it will be pain free due to the fact it is a normal limb being reflected).
Or are they trying to break the rules and rip the franchise apart limb from limb in another metatextual way?
I'm staying in a home that's falling apart limb by limb, nail by nail, panel by panel," Edwards said.
We have front-row seats to the American Holocaust, in which a large chunk of the audience applauds and claps whenever another baby is torn limb from limb by a Nazi pretending to be a doctor.
Dismemberment abortion is a practice in which the unborn child is literally ripped apart limb by limb and taken out of the mother.
Jericho scoured the globe looking for an assassin to tear Moxley apart limb from limb, and so next week he’ll have to deal with the intimidating Jeff Cobb.
It was so big, the tree removal crew had to cut it down limb by limb and the city had to close part of Martin Street to traffic for the entire day.
With whatever limb a man of a low caste does hurt to (a man of the three) highest (castes), even that limb shall be cut off; that is the teaching of Manu.
And so the racking must continue till she, and perhaps her party, are torn limb from political limb.
Abnormally increased torsion angles results in a limb turned inward and a decreased angle in a limb turned outward; both cases resulting in a reduced range of a persons mobility.
As lymphedema develops further, definitive diagnosis is commonly based upon an objective measurement of differences between the affected or at-risk limb at the opposite unaffected limb, e.g. in volume or circumference.
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, limb for limb was the penalty for assault upon an amelu.
However, reports link pump therapy to increased incidence of edema proximal to the affected limb, such as genital edema arising after pump therapy in the lower limb. citation IPC should be used in combination with complete decongestive therapy.
In many cases,the phantom limb aids in adaptation to a prosthesis, as it permits the person to experience proprioception of the prosthetic limb.
In most dimensions—measured or estimated—the OH 62 upper limb remains equaled or exceeded those of A.L. 288-1, while its lower limb remains (principally the femur) appeared to be smaller.
It is included in the first limb and is the first of five Yamas (self restraints) which, together with the second limb, make up the code of ethical conduct in Yoga philosophy.
Mirror box therapy Mirror box therapy uses a mirror box, or a stand-alone mirror, to create a reflection of the normal limb such that the patient thinks they are looking at the affected limb.
Occasionally agate fills a void left by decomposed vegetative material such as a tree limb or root and is called limb cast agate due to its appearance.
Common combinations with limb
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- on limb 30×
- limb and 21×
- and limb 20×
- the limb 19×
- limb or 11×
- limb of 8×
- lower limb 7×
- tree limb 7×
- limb to 6×
- limb from 6×