wooden leg

Example Sentences

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"She climbed two flights of steep metal steps with her wooden leg to tell me she was in the audience and loved the show."

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2022

She knew she had to escape quickly, even if she was hobbled by Cuthbert, her seven-pound wooden leg, which she had relied on after a hunting accident.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2017

As the pirate drops to the ocean floor, he struggles to untangle his wooden leg from rigging.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2017

After the ordeal, army medics outfitted the wounded bird with a small wooden leg to help it walk.

From The Verge • Dec. 13, 2015

S. shook his head, beaming away at me, and said cleverness was my permanent affliction, my wooden leg, and that it was in the worst possible taste to draw the group’s attention to it.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger