extremity
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Vaniček is clearly inspired by the extremity that has marked so much horror from France over the last two decades, in notorious exports such as “High Tension” and “Martyrs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
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
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
But in the end, Colbert and Chamberlin admitted, “the people were obliged to supply themselves from the artesian wells at the western extremity of the city, or from the lake.”
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
Your core temperature continues to plummet because the chilled blood from your extremities returns to your heart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
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
Which is to say that she has always been curious about the extremities of human behavior.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2024
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
This the touch discovers in sensible bodies, whose extremities come within our reach; and the eye takes both from bodies and colours, whose boundaries are within its view.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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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