How to Use musculature in a Sentence

musculature

noun

• Scar, weighed down by lifelike musculature, can no longer leer.
  — Nora McGreevy, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2019
• So stand upright and use your own musculature to hold yourself erect.
  — NBC News, 13 June 2018
• Wikipedia tells me an ecorche is a drawing or sculpture that shows the body’s musculature, sans skin.
  — William Lee, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2018
• This means the most with regards to the musculature of the feet and the ankle complex.
  — David Otey, Men's Health, 14 Dec. 2022
• But many more gelatinous deep-sea species are bereft of such bladders, as well as the musculature needed to press against them.
  — Sabrina Imbler, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020
• Your lower chest is different because of the musculature of the chest as a whole.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
• Furthermore, the glutes tend to be weak in this posture, and the low back musculature tends to be overly tight.
  — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2020
• But the researchers weren’t able to say whether the distinct musculature is part of the bellbird’s singing talent.
  — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 21 Oct. 2019
• The fish also have a hefty arch of bone called the pectoral girdle that supports the musculature needed to make the climb.
  — Ari Daniel, NPR, 5 Apr. 2026
• In fact, your core musculature helps to hold your internal organs in place and helps you to stand up straight (along with your back muscles).
  — Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 30 Dec. 2020
• The Nike team added a tunic to cover the derrière and loose pants to disguise musculature.
  — Christina Binkley, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
• Commotio cordis is most common in the young athlete whose musculature is not as developed as that in an adult.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2023
• The lighting is often harsh, exposing the musculature of the dancers.
  — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
• The new Kitoh features seams that trace musculature.
  — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
• What’s left is nothing notable for the lion, but perfect for the jaw musculature of hyenas, which is even stronger than that of lions.
  — Andrea Vale, National Geographic, 4 Aug. 2017
• At the end, another will be taken, so researchers can assess how the massive effort has changed his musculature.
  — Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
• Both living birds and crocodylians have a pad of blood vessels and fat sitting in the cavity atop the underlying musculature.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian, 4 Sep. 2019
• Athletes compete in categories based on the degree of musculature.
  — John Sullivan, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• An orthopedist had six appointment slots twice a week for claims related to musculature and the skeleton.
  — Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• By strengthening your supporting musculature to handle the impact forces and torque of running.
  — Jason Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2019
• When the underlying musculature is tightened, the skin appears smoother.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, townandcountrymag.com, 7 June 2023
• There is, in fact, a heavy-lifting montage pitting Johnson against Efron in displays of musculature.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2017
• And a high proportion of ballets are now costumed with bare legs, at the risk of knees and musculature distracting attention from overall line.
  — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
• The Corvette’s new musculature showcases strong fender peaks over front wheel and rear quarter and a sleek, horizontal crease down the side of its body.
  — Fortune, 23 July 2019
• This type of training really activates the lower body musculatures and increases the toning of the upper legs and glutes.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2018
• Skulls retract and flatten as their musculature facilitates more expressive faces.
  — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
• And for all of the critics who are confused, her looks, her hair, her skin color, her musculature, and her body are all reminders of what Black woman magic looks like truly realized.
  — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 25 June 2019
• And while there’s nothing wrong with doing crunches, know that exercises like planks can also be great for strengthening and stabilizing your core musculature.
  — Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 29 Dec. 2020
• The facial musculature the researchers examined gives rise to the morphological, or structural, trait that allows dogs to irresistibly widen their eyes.
  — Jim Daley, Scientific American, 17 June 2019
• Michelangelo fleshed out the child’s torso and right arm with brown wash and gouache highlights as well as red and black chalk, thereby endowing him not with an infant’s pudgy flesh but with a decidedly statuesque musculature.
  — Catesby Leigh, National Review, 20 Jan. 2018