haunch

Example Sentences

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For Ford and the Mustang Mach-E, it’s a pronounced rear haunch.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

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

There was a spurt of pain along his haunch, but he knew that he could move.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams