ball-and-socket
Example Sentences
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Those fingers come with a long, skeletal middle digit equipped with a ball-and-socket joint for horrifying dexterity, like the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come beckoning Ebenezer Scrooge to gaze upon his own sordid death.
From Salon • May 11, 2025
The ball-and-socket joint of the shoulder is secured by the four muscles and tendons of the rotator cuff, which can become irritated, torn or overstretched.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022
Planar, hinge, pivot, condyloid, saddle, and ball-and-socket are all types of synovial joints.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Dr. Günther compares it to a ball-and-socket joint, except there is no socket.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021
Yes, John, it reminds us of the ball-and-socket joint, only this is a hinge joint, and does not move in so many directions.
From The Insect Folk by Morley, Margaret Warner
