calf
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
The grade-two calf tear he sustained originated from a "freak accident" when he overstretched at the end of his semi-final, straining the muscle which eventually gave out in the medal race.
From BBC
Roberts also used a mound visit in the fourth inning when Sasaki said his calves were close to cramping up.
From Los Angeles Times
It took a while, but the calf came out alive and kicking.
From Literature
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But when Eugene Hammond offered to deliver her home in his racing car, she bellered like a calf and vaulted into the wagon bed unaided.
From Literature
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