limb
Example Sentences
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Most of the men I know would cut off a limb to play 18 holes at Augusta National.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
On set McGonigal said her disability was not made a "thing", and her costumes were tailored to suit her limb difference.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Vonn credited Dr. Tom Hackett, an orthopedic surgeon who works for Vonn and Team USA, for salvaging the limb.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
Researchers at UC Riverside have developed a new oxygen delivering gel designed to help wounds heal before they progress to limb loss.
From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2026
It just sat there on the limb as still as a broken fiddle and seemed to be looking at Daisy.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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