ball-and-socket
Example Sentences
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The vertebrae line up to create a series of ball-and-socket joints running from head to tail.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Those fingers come with a long, skeletal middle digit equipped with a ball-and-socket joint for horrifying dexterity, like the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come beckoning Ebenezer Scrooge to gaze upon his own sordid death.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
Dr. Günther compares it to a ball-and-socket joint, except there is no socket.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
Any sort of twist or imbalance can put stress on ball-and-socket joints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
The machine consists of a base containing the main cylinder, with a sectional area of 2,000 sq. in., upon which rests the lower platform or head, which is provided with a ball-and-socket bearing.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 by Herbert M. Wilson
