hips

Example Sentences

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Others stared ahead with their hands firmly on their hips.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

He said he had become a therapist and that he had his hips replaced.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Like walking museum plaques, they glided through rooms in silk brocade gowns, panniers extending their hips to improbable widths, dispensing facts about furnishings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Wall squats involve putting your back against a wall and lowering down into a sitting position using your hips until the thighs are parallel to the ground.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

We dribble and pass and dribble and pass while Coach barks: “Keep the ball low. You know that joint between your ankles and your hips? Those are your knees, Hooperman. Bend them!”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko