How to Use anatomical in a Sentence
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The anatomical foot box is roomy, the full-length zipper didn’t catch, and the hood sealed out drafts.
—Outside Online, 15 May 2018
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Its tubular siphon, which can grow to be 3 feet long, is an easy target for anatomical jokes.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 27 Aug. 2019
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Was the anatomical heart ice sculpture always part of the vision?
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
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From an anatomical perspective, not all women are built the same.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 9 Aug. 2024
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The man of the hour wore lungs, kidneys, and a heart from an old anatomical chart sewn onto his black leotard.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
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To be fair, a lot of women might not be clear on this particular anatomical point.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2020
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Working with so few anatomical details, she was left confused.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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There were a couple of other things in there, but most striking were anatomical models.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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The rest of the film unfolds with the highs and lows of pregnancy, with no anatomical stone left unturned.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 21 May 2024
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The cover art for this hard-to-find copy is said to contain a male anatomical part drawn into a sea castle.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Feb. 2021
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The anatomical insole has extra arch and heel support to prevent foot pain.
—Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 29 July 2022
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Bird wings are more complex, sharing a lot of anatomical features with human arms.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2020
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Included in the anatomical arsenal were tails that evolved to act like flails, spikes, bats and clubs.
—Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
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What was most striking about the ant was its unusual anatomical features.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
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This is the inability to lift the front of the foot due to a nerve, muscle or anatomical issues.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
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But the electrical field seemed to vary unpredictably across the brain's anatomical folds.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
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Some of the largest and most ferocious dinosaurs of all time had an anatomical secret to their success.
—Riley Black, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
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An udder and nipples are among the anatomical evidence that this is a female.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
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Kane makes a great off day option with an anatomical footbed that affects your whole body wellness for training day readiness.
—Vanessa Powell, Men's Health, 6 Dec. 2022
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Like most fossil hominins, the species was a mix of apelike and humanlike anatomical traits.
—Lydia Pyne, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2018
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The book is arranged by anatomical part, and Gross details the function each part carries out.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
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Due to its anatomical structure, curly hair has a hard time holding onto hydration.
—Zoë Weiner, Glamour, 14 Nov. 2025
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The feather story came through the train, which gave the anatomical dress its biggest gesture from behind.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
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Except the carrot looked more like an anatomical heart, and the blood certainly wasn’t helping.
—Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
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The focus would be on the rare, the terrifying and the anatomical outliers.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2021
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Truman and his team wanted to know, in great anatomical detail, how much of the brain of a larva persists in that of an adult fly.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
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Designed for firearms instruction, the room held desks, an anatomical dummy, and a trauma kit.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
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Brave is the woman in a transparent heel bearing the human foot in all its anatomical nakedness.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
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Yet all four bones were ultimately placed in the correct anatomical position once they were laid in the grave.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026
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The other is a valve system—that is, an anatomical flap somewhere in the body that, when shut, can keep lymph from flowing willy-nilly.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2020
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