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
He mourned the fact that he could not be a permanent soldier because of his wooden leg, but he could not imagine any career for his sons except the army.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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