On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Shins. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Shins in a sentence
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Shins meaning
plural of shin
Using Shins
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of shin
- In the example corpus, shins often appears in combinations such as: the shins, shins and, their shins.
Context around Shins
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shins
- In this selection, "shins" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, star, ings, long, ruff, pretty and unprotected stand out and add context to how "shins" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include to the shins and and my shins would burn. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shins" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shins
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And whatever happened to the Shins? (6 words)
The other Green Star shins with Od Urla. (8 words)
What do you call a bloke with no shins? (9 words)
What Labour isn’t interested in, for fear of exposing its shins to a kicking from its enemies on the right, is engaging the electorate in a wider conversation about the tougher decisions that will be necessary to get to a sustainable future. (43 words)
Nonetheless, he became an imposing man; at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) he towered over most of his contemporaries, and hence perhaps his epithet "Longshanks", meaning "long legs" or "long shins". (33 words)
Gunn expertly saved from Mane and Andy Robertson, and Southampton threatened a late fightback when Adrian comically hurried a clearance into Ings’ shins with the ball finding the back of the net. (32 words)
What do you call a bloke with no shins? (9 words)
And whatever happened to the Shins? (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
The other Green Star shins with Od Urla.
The showman would push past his collaborator, kicking him in the shins and yelling, 'Get out of my way, you disgusting blind person'.
The water went roughly halfway up his shins, Ruff said, and as he set up the display, several pedestrians applauded his efforts.
What Labour isn’t interested in, for fear of exposing its shins to a kicking from its enemies on the right, is engaging the electorate in a wider conversation about the tougher decisions that will be necessary to get to a sustainable future.
Evans climbed the corner, but OC got up on the apron to unleash slow slaps to the shins.
My back would seize up and my shins would burn from the strain I was putting them under.
One wears padding on their shins and the other practices swinging a baton, hitting low on the legs.
The athlete wrapped her hands around her shins and completed her back flip, hitting the water feet first.
This fluid motion will then have your legs flexing in until your shins are completely vertical.
Gunn expertly saved from Mane and Andy Robertson, and Southampton threatened a late fightback when Adrian comically hurried a clearance into Ings’ shins with the ball finding the back of the net.
I never broke any bones or anything like that but I kicked a couple of shins pretty good.
The partner on top then lies back holding their weight with their arms, which should rest near the knees or shins of the partner.
What do you call a bloke with no shins?
And whatever happened to the Shins?
From there, we lifted half way up, putting our hands on our shins and maintaining a straight back.
He tried to hit my shins, which would have ended my career, but I managed to pull my leg away in time.
The ad started with Neymar saying, “Boot-stud on the shins.
It appears that 40 notches was viewed as a very big score, probably due to the bowlers bowling quickly at shins unprotected by pads.
It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers, usually wearing bell pads on their shins.
Nonetheless, he became an imposing man; at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) he towered over most of his contemporaries, and hence perhaps his epithet "Longshanks", meaning "long legs" or "long shins".
Common combinations with shins
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the shins 5×
- shins and 5×
- their shins 3×
- shins with 2×
- my shins 2×
- shins are 2×
- players' shins 2×