extremities

Example Sentences

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Temperature readings can also be wrong if patient's extremities are cold.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

But the whole book is a wondrous exploration of the extremities of existence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 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

The body responds to feeling cold, he said, by tightening blood vessels to stanch blood flow to the extremities.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2024

I relate the way the poor Tree Man’s extremities hung from him like gnarled trunks, and with that disturbing image firmly planted in my head, I’m pumped, confident, and take a bigger bite.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson