How to Use limb in a Sentence

limb

noun
  • Musk said the first human users will be those who lost the use of their limbs.
    ABC News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Initial users will be those who have lost the use of their limbs.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Cut back the main limbs as far as needed to solve the problem.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 Mar. 2024
  • By the summer of 2022, the tree had died and lost multiple limbs.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
  • At around minute forty, my limbs started to feel heavy.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Not the muscles but the way the foot hits the ground, which sends energy up through the body and out through the head, limbs, and eyes.
    Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The spiky animal froze; its short limbs clinging to the vine.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Clothes were charred and torn; limbs appeared to be mangled.
    Eric Nagourney, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • There is no better time than the present to put yourself out on a limb and pitch your ideas to the right people.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The agency warned the winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around objects that aren't secured.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Still, viewers were quick to read the tangles of rosy limbs as erotic.
    Zoë Lescaze, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • There are about a thousand children who have lost at least one limb.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Draw the string and mark the bow where either limb resists a progressive curve.
    Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
  • This is less likely to occur in those over the age of 20 or with macules on their lips, limbs, or hands.
    Emily Kirkpatrick, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
  • Their belly, chest, throat and the undersides of their limbs are smooth and are lighter in color.
    Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Such wind gusts could snap tree limbs and send debris flying.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The female statues, many cracked or missing limbs, come to life in the film and move around, wailing with grief and anger.
    Alex Marshall, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The sloth bear’s name comes from the resemblance to the 3-toed sloth and their ability to hang upside down from tree limbs.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The mammal is perched on the dinosaur, its paws gripping the reptile's jaw and a hind limb while its teeth plunge into the ribcage.
    Maddie Burakoff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • Trees and tree limbs were down on streets, houses, sheds and vehicles.
    Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The new paper does not go out on a limb to pinpoint which specific trait led to the success of snakes.
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
  • One person was killed in Maine when a tree limb fell on his vehicle.
    Robert F. Bukaty, David Sharp, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Tree limbs could be blown down, and a few power outages could result.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
    Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2023
  • My limbs hang, pulled by the gravity of a far larger planet.
    Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
  • With an ordinary tree, the loss of a limb would probably reduce the tree’s stature.
    Samantha Latson, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • The shape of the shadow incorporates the precise shape of the Moon’s limb at the time of totality.
    Michael Zeiler, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Sam tears the puppet guards limb from limb in, and once the mayhem is over the show reveals the bodies and carnage left behind.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The downside is those limbs do give it a bigger footprint than many of the other bows listed here.
    Tony Hansen, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
  • The city is experiencing power outages, gas leaks, and utility poles and tree limbs down in roadways, the fire chief said.
    Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024

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