How to Use forelimb in a Sentence

forelimb

noun

• The species gets its name from the two fingers on their forelimb.
  — Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2023
• So lizards with longer forelimbs might have survived better over the past year.
  — Geoffrey Giller, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2018
• As a result, the hooves of its forelimbs differed from those of its hindlimbs.
  — Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
• Short forelimbs and longer hind limbs help the leopards leap up to 50 feet in length.
  — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
• Or lizards hatched in the last year just have more resources, enabling them to grow longer forelimbs.
  — Geoffrey Giller, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2018
• The remains included a head, forelimbs, and part of the chest.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 9 Apr. 2023
• Canids use a bow to solicit play, crouching on their forelimbs while standing on their hind legs.
  — Marc Bekoff, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
• Our hands came from the forelimbs of land vertebrates, which derived from the pectoral fins of fish.
  — Frans De Waal, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2019
• The fossil would turn out to include six neck vertebrae, part of the right shoulder blade, and most of the right forelimb.
  — Brian Switek, Smithsonian, 9 July 2018
• Fossils show bird-like traits including feathers, light bones, air sacs and three-digit forelimbs.
  — Margi Murphy, Fox News, 26 May 2017
• The investigator watched as the dog was injected in the forelimb.
  — Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
• Emtech, a 3-year-old colt, had two broken front forelimbs, track owners the Stronach Group said in a news release.
  — Steve Almasy, CNN, 28 Sep. 2019
• Bird wings are muscular, supported by the bones of the forelimb, and most of their aerodynamic shape comes from long feathers.
  — K. N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2015
• The skull consists of a raptorial-like beak without teeth, while its forelimbs end in long fingers with scimitar-like claws.
  — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2023
• The strong forelimb–sharp tooth combination was perfect for pouncing on prey, pinning it down and quickly gouging its throat.
  — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2010
• The motion of the forelimbs and tail was controlled by a mechanism controlled by custom software running on a mobile phone.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
• Like a living biplane, Microraptor boasted two sets of wings — that’s four in total, one each on its hind and forelimbs.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2023
• Its toes bore curving velociraptor-like claws, while its forelimbs were an odd hybrid of the usual raptor limbs and more penguin-like flippers.
  — Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 8 Dec. 2017
• These were found on distal forelimbs of certain species like Caudipteryx, serving as proto-wings that were too small to use for flight, as well as around the tip of the tail as plumage.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
• Before spraying predators in the face with pungent chemicals, the little creature hops up onto its forelimbs and charges forward.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
• Before spraying predators in the face with pungent chemicals, the little creature hops up onto its forelimbs and charges forward.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 6 May 2017
• This exquisite specimen is almost complete, missing only one forelimb and a few digits.
  — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 25 May 2022
• The scientists recovered parts of its skull, lower jaw, neck and back vertebrae, ribs, shoulder and forelimb, back foot and osteoderms.
  — NBC News, 29 Jan. 2018
• Moreover, the patches of skin behind the upper arms and on the trunk reveal that the reptile had powerful muscles for retracting its forelimbs.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
• Griffins are depicted with proportionate limbs with strong claws; Protoceratops had shorter forelimbs than hindlimbs and blunt claws.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024
• There was evidence of multiple gashes and punctures in the forelimb and tail, as well as holes and scrapes on the arm, hand bones, and skin in the shape of an arc, much like the shape of crocodile teeth.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2023
• After forelimb motor cortex lesions, however, rats swim with their forelimbs also36.
  — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2016
• In the 3-year-old colt's sixth career start, Freezing Point pulled up at the 5-furlong pole with a left forelimb injury in a 1-mile dirt track race.
  — Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2023
• Epicenter, who finished second in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, pulled up with an injury to his right forelimb.
  — Joe Drape, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2022
• Rather than walking on all fours, however, Postosuchus probably moved around on its hind legs and kept its comparatively tiny forelimbs off the ground.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2023