extremity
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On behalf of Bosh's next of kin, Mark Stewart KC said: "People might wonder and ask why it is that police officers who are armed do not shoot to injure by shooting an extremity."
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
With 16 full-length records, many banned and censored for their grotesque album cover art, and song titles and lyrics that sparked political outrage, Cannibal Corpse built its reputation on extremity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Bilateral lower extremity venous Doppler ultrasounds were performed and revealed chronic venous insufficiency, a benign and common condition, particularly in individuals over the age of 70.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
"This is especially true for lower extremity recovery. People can struggle to regain balance, stability and gait coordination for daily life activities and even proper ambulation."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
The faint sound of Thornton’s voice came to them, and though they could not make out the words of it, they knew that he was in his extremity.
From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
Also, your heart rate spikes, your blood pressure soars, the blood vessels in your extremities constrict to keep warm blood near your core and you begin to gasp involuntarily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
But the whole book is a wondrous exploration of the extremities of existence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
It listed a number of "targeted disabilities": "Hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and dwarfism".
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025
These complications include carotid artery calcification, calcification of the abdominal aorta and peripheral vessels in the lower extremities, and small vessel disease in the feet.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
Suddenly it stood still to an inexpressible feeling that thrilled it through, and passed at once to my head and extremities.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing extremity
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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"The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"To Build a Fire," Vocabulary from the short story
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