On this page you'll find 6 example sentences with Thighbone. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as femur or femoris and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Thighbone in a sentence
Thighbone meaning
The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur.
Using Thighbone
- The main meaning on this page is: The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur.
- Useful related words include: femur, femoris, leg bone.
- In the example corpus, thighbone often appears in combinations such as: the thighbone, right thighbone.
Context around Thighbone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thighbone
- In this selection, "thighbone" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, left, fracture, watched and requiring stand out and add context to how "thighbone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include connects the thighbone to the and femur or thighbone on this. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thighbone" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thighbone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A nail was inserted to repair the thighbone fracture. (9 words)
Cyprus' government spokesman says President Nicos Anastasiades has suffered a fracture of his femur, or thighbone, on this right leg and will undergo surgery. (24 words)
An ACL tear is a common injury among athletes and happens when the tissue (anterior cruciate ligament) that connects the thighbone to the shinbone at the knee is ripped. (29 words)
The 25-year-old star, who missed just more than 2 1/2 months this season with a stress reaction in his right thighbone, watched the ball fly away, tossed his bat aside, gestured toward the home dugout and did his signature stutter step around third base. (47 words)
As Gocha notes, there is enough flesh to see the marbled muscle that once surrounded a section of his right thighbone, which was removed for DNA testing when the body was first found somewhere in South Texas. (37 words)
In a new development, on 19 June 2014, Mubarak slipped in the bathroom at the military hospital in Cairo where he is being held and broke his left leg, also fracturing his left thighbone, requiring surgery. (36 words)
Example sentences (6)
An ACL tear is a common injury among athletes and happens when the tissue (anterior cruciate ligament) that connects the thighbone to the shinbone at the knee is ripped.
A nail was inserted to repair the thighbone fracture.
The 25-year-old star, who missed just more than 2 1/2 months this season with a stress reaction in his right thighbone, watched the ball fly away, tossed his bat aside, gestured toward the home dugout and did his signature stutter step around third base.
Cyprus' government spokesman says President Nicos Anastasiades has suffered a fracture of his femur, or thighbone, on this right leg and will undergo surgery.
As Gocha notes, there is enough flesh to see the marbled muscle that once surrounded a section of his right thighbone, which was removed for DNA testing when the body was first found somewhere in South Texas.
In a new development, on 19 June 2014, Mubarak slipped in the bathroom at the military hospital in Cairo where he is being held and broke his left leg, also fracturing his left thighbone, requiring surgery.
Common combinations with thighbone
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: