appendage

Example Sentences

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The most striking feature is the chelicera, a pincer-like appendage that defines chelicerates.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Not everyone understood that Mary’s outflung left arm isn’t some randomly flailing appendage but a gesture pregnant with meaning—multiple ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

What’s important is understanding how human hands can grasp an object, and then extrapolating that to whatever synthetic appendage has been chosen, she added.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 27, 2025

He played with a small cast on his left hand and was even using that bandaged appendage to stiff-arm defenders.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Why, to be an economic appendage of the Northern Region.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov