Below you will find example sentences with "hind legs". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Hind Legs in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: legs
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 29.2 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "hind legs" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as between the hind legs and the, born with hind legs that faced, front, body and move stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with two legs, front legs, two legs and front legs, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with hind legs
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
The hind legs were much longer than the front legs. (10 words)
The extra pair of hind legs are conjoined on the right side of her tail. (15 words)
The hind legs are remarkably thick and strong, and the fore legs are much longer, but still of great strength. (20 words)
On the surface of the ground or in water they move by undulating their body from side to side.sfn In frogs, the hind legs are larger than the fore legs, especially so in those species that principally move by jumping or swimming. (43 words)
When he was just a pup, a breeder brought Scooter to animal control in Tucson to have him euthanised; he’d been born with hind legs that faced backwards, a condition that seemed to make it certain that he would never walk. (42 words)
If it is a quadruped (four-legged animal), you will see four prints, but don’t always assume that the front two come from the front feet as many animals swing their hind legs in front of the forepaws when travelling. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
The hair on the legs should be smooth and short, except for a feathering on the front legs and "trousers", as previously described, on the hind legs.
The joints of the hind limbs have greater flexion, allowing the horse to lower the hindquarters, bringing the hind legs further under the body, and lighten and lift the forehand.
However, what's not so common about it is that it can evade arrows, has six legs, can stand on its hind legs, and is said to have hypnotic yellow eyes and possess the power of Legilimency.
Compared with earlier whales, has a more elongated body and tail and smaller back legs, and it lacks a firm connection between the hind legs and the spinal column.
One elephant has been observed to graze by kneeling on its front legs, raising on its hind legs and taking in grass with its lips.
On the surface of the ground or in water they move by undulating their body from side to side.sfn In frogs, the hind legs are larger than the fore legs, especially so in those species that principally move by jumping or swimming.
Straightness (Geraderichtung) A horse is straight when the hind legs follow the path of the front legs, on both straight lines and on bending lines, and the body follows the line of travel.
The front legs of corbiculate bees bear combs for cleaning the antennae, and in many species the hind legs bear pollen baskets, flattened sections with incurving hairs to secure the collected pollen.
The hind legs are remarkably thick and strong, and the fore legs are much longer, but still of great strength.
The hind legs were much longer than the front legs.
When frogs mate, the male climbs on the back of the female and wraps his fore limbs round her body, either behind the front legs or just in front of the hind legs.
When galloping, the hind legs move around the front legs before the latter move forward, and the tail will curl up.
If it is a quadruped (four-legged animal), you will see four prints, but don’t always assume that the front two come from the front feet as many animals swing their hind legs in front of the forepaws when travelling.
Rumours started swirling over the weekend when a video of the bear standing on its hind legs with baggy skin was posted online, with people suggesting it wasn’t the real thing.
Sun bears are the size of large dogs, standing at most 1.3 meters (4ft 3") tall on their hind legs.
The extra pair of hind legs are conjoined on the right side of her tail.
The farmer, dressed in a smart white jacket in the middle of a cow shed, was taped cruelling hitting a cow with a stick before the calf jumped up and kicked him down with its hind legs.
They assaulted the factor and the minister, burnt their houses, stole their money and wasted their cattle by houghing – cutting the tendons of the hind legs to prevent the beasts from walking.
When he was just a pup, a breeder brought Scooter to animal control in Tucson to have him euthanised; he’d been born with hind legs that faced backwards, a condition that seemed to make it certain that he would never walk.
In the dramatic clip, the predator can be seen standing on its hind legs several times as it menacingly approached the young boy.