haunch

Example Sentences

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Within days of eating that haunch, the dinosaur — a juvenile Gorgosaurus that stood 5 and a half feet tall at the hip — ended up dead in a river.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023

It’s unlikely that anyone was looking at a gray wolf tearing a chunk from a bison haunch and saying “That’d make a great dog.”

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2021

Someone prepared the carcass; another person cut the left haunch; another was responsible for incisions along the shoulder.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2019

A spiral-sliced haunch of ham sheathed with fresh yellow rings is a staple of my Christmas dinner.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2019

Dim yellow light through The rear window of the bar showed a vast pale form crouching upright and gnawing at a haunch of meat which it held in both hands.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman