shin

Example Sentences

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Work paused frequently as workers uncovered thousands of fossils, including a 2-foot bison horn and camel shin bone, dating back to the Ice Age.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

In slalom, racers typically knock down gates with their arms or shins, which are protected by plastic shin guards.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Researchers sampled a tibia, or shin bone, which is not commonly used for ancient DNA studies.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

Jones contact with the shin of Yves Bissouma and pushed through into the leg as he slid forward to try to play the ball.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Now I began to lower my own body into the water inch by inch: shin, knees, thighs.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides