How to Use posture in a Sentence

posture

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• Human beings have an upright posture.
• Grateful doesn’t scrape the surface of the posture of our hearts.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2023
• White has the eyes, the sideburns and the athletic posture to pull it off.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 19 Mar. 2023
• Squeeze your core and glutes to maintain good posture — don't bend your knees.
  — Men's Health, 8 May 2023
• Take a step to the right, maintaining your posture, then bring your left foot to meet the right, then reverse.
  — Nicole Borgenicht, Health, 17 Nov. 2023
• Where my posture takes shape in fetal and frog-like form, and no one is judging me for it.
  — Erika Houle, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• Sit with good posture in your chair, with one foot flat on the ground and the other leg extended straight out.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024
• Be mindful of a person’s body language, posture and tone, and be aware of your own.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Abbott’s posture is doing a lot more than just causing headaches in the White House.
  — TIME, 1 Feb. 2024
• Make sure your desk is set up to promote proper posture.
  — Anne Harding, Health, 19 Jan. 2024
• There’s a ragged quality to her posture — her eyes peek from behind a mess of hair, her lips are chapped.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
• The bear stands on its hind legs with what some might call suspiciously good posture.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
• Jung’s posture seemed to indicate the frustration of the moment.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 26 July 2023
• My browser showed an image of my body with some dots placed over it, as the computer worked to map my posture.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
• In the coming weeks as the campaign shifts to a general election posture, the top aides will focus full-time on the campaign.
  — USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• Like front squats, your core and quads will be forced to compensate for the position of the load to stay in the proper posture and keep the weight from pulling you forward.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 6 July 2023
• The too-cold response involves much of the reverse, including closing up the posture and putting on more clothes.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
• After a count, shift your weight side-to-side, doing your best to maintain your posture and tension.
  — Men's Health, 26 May 2023
• The company says the stool targets the sitz bones, much like riding a bicycle, and helps keep your posture upright.
  — WIRED, 30 July 2023
• This helps keep young necks in the correct posture when sleeping or sitting upright and prevents sore necks.
  — Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2023
• Kim is a man made of rectangles, with straight shoulders and a square jaw, and the forward-leaning posture of a person who stands over a stove all day.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2023
• Gaiam Stay-n-Play Ball Sized just right for kids, this cute ball makes sitting fun and encourages a healthy posture.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 24 Mar. 2024
• After a count, shift your weight forward and back, doing your best to maintain your posture and tension.
  — Men's Health, 26 May 2023
• The certainty that the student is about to take a beating is offset, somewhat, by the ridiculous postures of the officers.
  — Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
• This can come in multiple ways, from standing desks, to laptop stands, foot rests and even just proper posture.
  — Alec Scherma, Good Housekeeping, 27 Mar. 2023
• Most stress the fundamentals — grip, aim, stance, posture, and balance.
  — Brian McCallen, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2023
• The two were friends and were both defense hawks, advocating for a muscular U.S. posture abroad.
  — Melissa Gaffney, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2024
• Thanks to a criss crossed back and a cushioned band, breasts are lifted and shoulders are put in alignment, improving posture as a result.
  — Courtney Leiva, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
• Back pain, achy joints, and foot discomfort come with the job, and clogs can promote ideal posture to help offset these issues.
  — Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 13 Apr. 2023
• Straight-faced and showing no emotion, the two men squared off but were unable to hold their stoic posture before both broke into grins.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023

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posture

2 of 2 verb

• Now, a lot of those rumors that go around could be posturing a little bit.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 22 July 2019
• The result was a 2018 Grammys that postured at trendy wokeness while devaluing the artists who have the most to say about our times.
  — Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2018
• When Akhmedov postures up for a big attempt, Cummings slips out and returns to his feet.
  — Todd Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2019
• Some artist types may posture that clouds add texture, depth, and a note of majestic melancholy.
  — Craig Thomas, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2022
• Help your back and posture by raising your computer screen up to eye level.
  — Medea Giordano, Wired, 19 Sep. 2020
• Lagarde may have merely been posturing to the ECB’s many critics from the North, but her words lifted bank stocks and the euro in mid-day trading.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2019
• Nobody who’s been following the news over the past decade believes that politics will lead to anything but posturing in the wake of tragedy.
  — David Dayen, New Republic, 3 Oct. 2017
• Was Alderson posturing a bit, talking tough to make sure everyone agreed to a deal on Friday?
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2017
• The Enquirer’s Tyler Dragon reports that team and player aren’t close to a deal, but that’s likely just posturing.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• And equally, the Democrats who are currently posturing are playing a good card badly.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 22 June 2018
• This outrage over Gardner’s lack of a town hall is driven in part by powerful forces behind the scenes posturing for 2020.
  — The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2017
• Shockey leads Eva and their cameraman down the logging road to get a broadside shot on the bear, which is now posturing with his legs splayed wide to show his dominance.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 20 Nov. 2017
• In the weeks, possibly years, ahead, Netanyahu will posture as a vigilant statesman.
  — Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2023
• Working from his opponent’s guard, Jackson was able to easily posture and rain down punches from the top.
  — John Morgan, USA TODAY, 9 June 2018
• Still, others maintain that much of the back-and-forth between Washington and Beijing appears to be posturing for now—and that the odds of a full trade war breaking out remain slim.
  — Akane Otani, WSJ, 28 June 2018
• And, of course, Trump’s presence is an invitation for other world leaders to posture at his expense.
  — Heather Hurlburt, Daily Intelligencer, 24 Jan. 2018
• Not long ago such talk seemed more like posturing than practical politics, and many assumed the two sides would quietly agree in June to extend the talks.
  — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2020
• And that put co-host Joe Scarborough, who has for many weeks postured himself as a Trump Whisperer, into high dudgeon.
  — vanityfair.com, 14 Feb. 2017
• This was all done without posturing, the need for attention or even discussion.
  — Michael O'Connell, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2019
• There are rumors swirling and everyone is posturing during this time.
  — Matt Babcock, SI.com, 6 June 2018
• Solomon told Bloomberg News this week that Goldman Sachs may trim staff in certain areas to posture the company for a potential downturn.
  — Dallas News, 7 Dec. 2022
• Contestants have to speak their text messages at the screen, and one of The Circle’s pleasures is watching people try to posture as approachable and friendly solely through text.
  — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 8 Jan. 2020
• So message received: The American enemy will posture and thump his chest, but is afraid to actually stand up to you, even though his air force could blow yours out of the sky and his navy sink yours to the bottom of the sea.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2018
• The commentary is sharp and thoughtful, without posturing herself as an expert.
  — Martine Thompson, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2017
• Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, two computer geeks worth more than $300 billion put together, are posturing to fight each other in a mixed-martial-arts cage match.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 June 2023
• Gale was not an overtly menacing physical presence onstage, in the way many metal frontmen try to posture.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
• And to be fair, outside of his recent decision to bomb a Syrian airbase, Trump has never postured himself as a champion of human rights.
  — Abigail Tracy, The Hive, 2 May 2017
• The mayor sought to avoid a strike and to cut through the back-and-forth posturing that often bogs down labor negotiations, but gave herself less room to offer the CTU more money after teachers walked out anyway.
  — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019
• Renacci, a Cleveland area businessman, has been in Congress since 2011, but has postured himself as an outsider, similar to Trump.
  — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 12 Jan. 2018
• Like in any negotiations, there is always posturing or issues that countries don’t agree with.
  — Philip Rucker, The Seattle Times, 25 Feb. 2018

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