deltoid

All of the X-Men were strong, their muscles etched from deltoid to abdomen to quadriceps.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2023

Servais had no update on reliever Andres Munoz, who is still working his way back from a deltoid strain in his right shoulder.

From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023

Mariners: LF Sam Haggerty received an MRI, revealing an isolated deltoid strain.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2022

A common example is the deltoid muscle of the shoulder, which covers the shoulder but has a single tendon that inserts on the deltoid tuberosity of the humerus.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

They would aim for the muscle that Tariq, in a professorial voice, called the deltoid.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

The vast majority of these “T-maxxing” posts were made by influencers with zero medical or scientific expertise, but that doesn’t matter because their deltoids are outstanding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Johnson, squeezed into a wig so tight we get a vicarious headache, has pumped up his deltoids to nearly reach his prosthetic cauliflower ears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

But some nights, he lets the wolf inside take over, his deltoids undulating as he prowls on all fours.

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021

That’s despite Linda Hamilton returning to the franchise for the first time since 1991’s Terminator 2, plus Mackenzie Davis and her deltoids.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2019

When you see someone waving her arms, the first thing you want to know is whether she is trying to attract attention, shoo away flies, or exercise her deltoids.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker