femur
Example Sentences
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Mason, now 18, was taken to hospital with a suspected broken femur, and his friend's mum suffered a broken ankle.
From BBC
The first time he went he saw “pelvis, skulls, femurs, everything just lying there and I said to myself, ‘It can’t be.’”
From Seattle Times
The two-time defending gold medalist returned for his third Olympics after shattering his femur in 2019, the latest in a list of injuries that have built up over his professional career.
From Los Angeles Times
She’s returning to form after tearing a ligament in her knee and fracturing her femur a little over a year ago.
From Seattle Times
Lying on the pebbles and rocks of the riverbed at low tide was a human femur, or upper leg bone.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
