How to Use pec in a Sentence

pec

noun

• Tear your eyes away from those abs for a sec to check out the ink on his left pec.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 7 Aug. 2017
• Not only does Bryant's pec feel great, so does the rest of his body.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 7 June 2017
• Most scenes are pulled straight from Reid’s novel, each tilt of a chin and press of a pec choreographed to the page.
  — Angelina Mazza, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
• With Jones healed from surgery on his pec and shoulder, that contest is fast approaching.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• Richardson tore his pec in the 2016 opener and missed the rest of the season.
  — Eric Bolin, ajc, 4 Sep. 2017
• The Jane the Virgin star was hard at work after tearing his pec 2½ months ago.
  — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 1 July 2017
• Try squeezing your pec muscles and abducting your arms (move them out to the sides away from your body), Williams says.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 2 Jan. 2022
• Erdogan was right — Madley had refereed well and those pecs are amazing — but that’s not the point.
  — Graham Scott, New York Times, 9 July 2026
• Sometimes loss of arm function and range of motion can be due to the fact that the surgeon had to remove part of your pec muscles.
  — Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2019
• The whale was doing what’s called pec-slapping, or slapping the water with its pectoral flippers, which are the two fins in front.
  — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2023
• Williams also suggests rolling or stretching out your pec minor before and after the workout.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 2 Jan. 2022
• In this case, shoulder adduction—or moving your arm inward across your body—is the main function of your pec muscles.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 27 Oct. 2022
• The men are tastefully muscled with hairless pecs that never imply they’ve been sculpted by steroids.
  — Sarah Wang, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
• Just recently, Gaelen added a second tattoo to complement his first — this time on the right pec.
  — Andre Toran, The Courier-Journal, 6 May 2021
• An orchid branch with flowers crawls across the left pec of Gaelen Genoud, 29, the first tattooon his body.
  — Andre Toran, The Courier-Journal, 6 May 2021
• There was a report of pec muscle injury, but that is a common misinterpretation.
  — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
• Defensive tackle Andrew Billings had his pec repaired — Billings is already out of his sling.
  — Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
• It’s filled with thirst trap pictures of a shirtless Kubiak, striking poses in the desert, his snake tattoo winding its way from his pec to his crotch.
  — Hallie Lieberman, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2021
• Kancey was forced to exit in the second quarter of Sunday's matchup after seemingly injuring his pec on a pass rush attempt.
  — Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
• Suddenly, a traditional button-up seems stuffy and snoozy—a pec-enhancing top makes the business attire feel youthful and fresh.
  — Vogue, 2 Aug. 2019
• Coming off surgery to repair a pec muscle injured during the combine, the Bengals could have traded back and still landed Price.
  — baltimoresun.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• Push-Ups Push-ups target your upper body and challenge key muscle groups, including the triceps, pecs, and shoulders.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 24 Sep. 2025
• The Bears, who are waiting on word about the status of left guard James Daniels' pec injury, also need to regroup on their run game after a rough five days.
  — Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2020
• These exercises create strong contractions and deep stretches in the pecs, both of which are important for muscle development.
  — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
• The man who will be pushing Williams for the left guard spot is much more of a mystery, as McGovern missed his entire rookie year because of a pec injury.
  — John Owning, Dallas News, 1 June 2020
• Many trainers view the pec major as having the three regions mentioned above, but that doesn't mean there's a lower chest muscle sitting all on its own, waiting to be targeted by the perfect move.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
• The only potential issue regarding the bench press is that Bozeman suffered a strained pec during a recent workout, which has limited him some during the last week or so.
  — Matt Zenitz, AL.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• The Chest Muscles, Explained The chest is made up of the pec major, pec minor, and serratus anterior.
  — Women's Health Editors, Women's Health, 14 June 2023
• Life Time Luxury Athletic Country Club will be the latest place in Brea to tone those abs and pecs and do so much more.
  — Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 25 Dec. 2025
• However, emphasis is placed on bringing the resistance further across the body and past the midline, thus extending the range of motion to force an intense peak contraction in the inner pec.
  — Mitch Calvert, Men's Health, 28 Nov. 2022