How to Use big toe in a Sentence
big toe
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Try to flatten the big toe of the rear foot to the ground.
—Kyle Norman, Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2021
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And on the right, the foot was strong, but her big toe was not.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
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An inch, the length of Kevin Durant’s big toe atop the 3-point line.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Sep. 2021
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One of the most common places for these deposits is the joint of the big toe.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Dec. 2021
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Begin by placing the center of the loop around the base of the big toe.
—Dr. Rachel Tavel, Pt, Dpt, Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
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With your outlines in front of you, mark the top of the big toe and the bottom of your heel.
—Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2023
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And the big toe on the left foot moved up and down constantly.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
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Lamb injured his right big toe and left with 9:40 left in the fourth.
—J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2021
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Keep pressure in the heel of the standing leg, as well as the big toe and pinky toe.
—Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 15 Apr. 2020
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Jake Layman will miss the game with a sprained left big toe.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2019
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How: With your foot flat on the ground, lift your big toe and hold for one second.
—Christine Yu, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2018
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Crab number 12 climbed on his foot and pinched his big toe.
—Mike Sager, Esquire, 17 Oct. 2012
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Rookie guard Chris Duarte made the trip, too, but sat out due to a sore left big toe.
—James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Feb. 2022
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Gout is like giving birth to a baby the size of Shaquille O’Neal through your big toe.
—John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
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Then, extend the right arm straight up from the shoulder, grab your right big toe and hold.
—Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020
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Try this toe-against-the-wall stretch: Keeping your heel on the floor, line up your big toe against a wall.
—SELF, 13 Sep. 2018
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Press your little toes into the floor and lift your big toe.
—Lindsay Berra, Men's Health, 18 Jan. 2023
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And the hominin who left the tracks at Site A had an even more thumb-like big toe than A. afarensis.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2021
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The metatarsal bones are one to five, middle joints numbered from big toe on out.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2020
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What to Consider: The straps caused slight chafing around the big toe.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2023
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The outsole is thicker in high-wear areas and has deeper grooves in the ball of the big toe.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
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The rookie guard has been dealing with a sore left big toe and was ruled out for the rest of the night with the same injury.
—James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2022
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The big toe, the arch of the midfoot and the ankle are the gears that facilitate motion.
—Philip Anloague, Fortune Well, 21 Apr. 2023
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Press your big toe and second toe into the ground and grip the step with your working foot.
—Outside Online, 8 Mar. 2021
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Wright took a line drive off his right big toe July 13 while facing the Dodgers.
—BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2019
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Focusing on the arch, roll the ball from the big toe to the heel and back, then from middle toe to the heel and back, then from the pinky toe to the heel and back.
—Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 5 Nov. 2021
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This bone bump is painful as well as the deviation of the big toe against the second toe.
—baltimoresun.com, 5 Aug. 2021
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Star tight end Jordan Reed has a fracture in his big toe.
—Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Sep. 2017
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The patient arrived in my clinic, their right big toe the color of a spring strawberry.
—Peter Ubel, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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Realism is the name of the game for this look, with each nail featuring a realistic, 3-D rendering of a pickle with the Best Maid logo on his big toes.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 Feb. 2024
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