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

Less common are eversion sprains of the ankle, which involve stretching of the deltoid ligament on the medial side of the ankle.

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

He’s fixated on a competition judge who, back in 2016, called his deltoids small.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025

Another effective form of holding is to shoot the hands and grab the outside of the shoulder pads, just over the deltoids.

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2012

And there was Soboroff, a Los Angeles civic leader and aide to a former mayor, offering sympathy and camaraderie by soothing McCourt’s tense deltoids.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2011

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