How to Use collarbone in a Sentence

collarbone

noun
  • His season ended that night due to a broken collarbone.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 17 June 2019
  • Scott said he was startled when Gallagher stabbed the boy once below the collarbone.
    Brian Melley, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2019
  • All of the women were able to fight the man off, but one of them suffered a broken collarbone in her struggle to escape.
    Sarah Sarder, Dallas News, 10 July 2019
  • Scott said he was shocked when Gallagher, the platoon’s leader, stabbed the boy at least once below the collarbone.
    Brian Melley, The Denver Post, 20 June 2019
  • Davis accessorized with custom Swarovski earrings that fell to her collarbone.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Huntley played in nine games before a broken collarbone ended his season, leaving Shelley to get the Utes to the finish line.
    Scooby Axson, SI.com, 21 June 2019
  • All nine of those came with the Packers in 2017 after Aaron Rodgers suffered a fractured right collarbone.
    Bob McManaman, azcentral, 21 July 2019
  • People with the condition also have underdeveloped or missing collarbones in most cases.
    Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Boyles got extensive playing time as a sophomore after a collarbone injury ended Patrick Angelovic’s season.
    Andrew Turner, latimes.com, 29 June 2019
  • But Ewan hit the deck at the end of Stage 3 and broke his collarbone.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • The tips of her brunette waves fell a bit past her collarbone.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Devin Funchess broke his collarbone and was done for the year.
    Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Because there is good meat around the collarbone and in the cheeks.
    Domenica Marchetti, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In 2021, the Texas Tech star suffered a broken collarbone in the fourth game of the year.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The joint is the meeting point between the collarbone and the breastbone.
    Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The player who, say, broke his collarbone yet stayed in the game was a hero.
    James Dunn, Star Tribune, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Breast tissue can be found in the chest wall, in the armpit, above the collarbone and as far down as the abdomen.
    Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The carving is of her on her deathbed, and it is sunk up to her collarbones in his front lawn.
    Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
  • Down the collarbone, the new black jerseys house three pink stripes which stop midway to the sleeves.
    Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Try a style with smaller pearls that hit just at the collarbone.
    Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 14 June 2022
  • Hold the bar in your palms so that the bar rests above your collarbone on the meaty portions of your shoulders.
    Jen Murphy, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Hogan, the golfer, broke his collarbone, pelvis, left ankle and a rib.
    Gina Kolata, Star Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The mother had a long abrasion in the area around her collarbone.
    cleveland, 28 Feb. 2020
  • The heavy pendant hung between the ends of his collarbones.
    Dan Musgrave, Longreads, 9 May 2023
  • Last year, in the second game of the season, Fontaine broke his collarbone.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The second victim, a 24-year-old male, was stabbed once on the left collarbone.
    Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2022
  • The mass, nestled just under the skin above my collarbone, was the size of a quarter.
    Jessica Ciencin Henriquez, Kristin Van Ogtrop, Health.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Will James broke his collarbone in the first half of last week’s win against Baker.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The neckline rises to just above the collarbone with a slight scoop that leaves some skin exposed to stay cool in the heat.
    Shea Simmons, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
  • First Kansas City lost Hollywood Brown for the year to a collarbone injury.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024

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