fetal position
noun
: a position (as of a sleeping person) in which the body lies curled up on one side with the arms and legs drawn up and the head bowed forward and which is assumed in some forms of psychic regression
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The victim had been hogtied with electrical cord and jammed into the fetal position.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Listen to this article The transfer portal has closed, and that means UConn head coach Dan Hurley can stand up out of the fetal position, dust himself off and take a deep breath.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2024
Kevin Mull testified to finding the 40-year-old lying in the fetal position on the sidewalk, barefoot and blue.
—Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2024
Walter was curled in a fetal position under a single sheet on his bed.
—Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Listen to this article The transfer portal has closed, and that means UConn head coach Dan Hurley can stand up out of the fetal position, dust himself off and take a deep breath.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2024
Kevin Mull testified to finding the 40-year-old lying in the fetal position on the sidewalk, barefoot and blue.
—Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2024
Walter was curled in a fetal position under a single sheet on his bed.
—Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
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“Fetal position.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fetal%20position. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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