calves
Example Sentences
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“If I lived in another country, my legs wouldn’t look like this,” she said, rolling up her pants to show the chronic sores on her calves.
From Los Angeles Times
Roberts also used a mound visit in the fourth inning when Sasaki said his calves were close to cramping up.
From Los Angeles Times
We milked out our half and turned the calves in for theirs and made for the house for our breakfast.
From Literature
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He wore a bulky robe of brown reindeer hide that hung all the way to his calves, and a broad belt of red buckskin.
From Literature
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Celia finishes stretching her calves and juts her hips to one side to stretch her hip flexors, and then she squints at something behind me.
From Literature
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