shin
Example Sentences
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Gagging on the stench, he smeared his feet, shins and hands.
From Literature
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It is the kind of place where you can lose an hour just looking at shin guards.
This shin thing will heal just as fast, if it’s even a thing at all.
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A sense of urgency pushed me faster and faster, and I barely registered the pain as my shins hit stray barrels and crates in the dark.
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In the remote Ocotillo washes, where the scrubs claw at people’s shins, he recently found what he believes to be the remains of a human finger.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.