stirrup
Example Sentences
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Not to mention the stirrups on the gynecological examination table.
In the filming of another scene described as “chaotic,” Lively is giving birth and the actor was mostly nude with her legs spread wide in stirrups, according to the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times
At the farm, he leaves a foot between rows of Allium to allow for easy weeding with the six-inch blade of a stirrup hoe.
From Seattle Times
"Ultimately, technology emerging from Mongolia has, through a domino effect, ended up shaping the horse culture that we have in America today, especially our traditions of saddlery and stirrups," Taylor said.
From Science Daily
Her legs are held high by stirrups while a man in a white medical coat explains he is about to put some medicine inside her uterus.
From BBC
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