How to Use shin in a Sentence

shin

noun

• Then, point your toes back towards the front of your lower legs, or your shins.
  — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 11 June 2026
• The agent was taken to the hospital, where his thigh and shin were treated.
  — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 17 June 2026
• The proud mom went on to share a photo of Sterling, who held a water gun and wore cleats and shin guards.
  — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
• Juan José Cáceras kicked Mbappé in the right shin in the 77th minute.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
• Some of it had escaped through a gash in her shin, forming a small gray-pink puddle by her ankle that gave off an astringent smell.
  — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
• Safety Elijah Hicks has a shin injury that will limit him early on.
  — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 28 July 2026
• So users enjoy a dedicated shower room without banging their shins on the toilet or arms on the sink.
  — New Atlas, 21 July 2026
• Thirty minutes into this match, fans booed over a no-call when Balogun went down in the penalty box upon being kicked in the shin.
  — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
• Six young women — hair fashionably bobbed, shins covered by knee-high socks — posed in dark, modest swimming suits in the tiled abyss of an empty swimming pool.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
• Hitting just below the knee or grazing the shin, the midi strikes the ideal balance of everyday ease and effortless polish.
  — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 2 July 2026
• Benjamin Sesko is still returning to full fitness after his shin injury, and did not travel to Finland.
  — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
• The idea behind it is that the ball is brought up into the air to take it around an opponent, using a combination of the calf/shin and the foot in one fluid motion.
  — Stuart James, New York Times, 21 June 2026
• Two wounded bystanders, a 28-year-old man shot in the shin and a 22-year-old woman blasted in the right forearm, are expected to recover.
  — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 12 July 2026
• The hottest game had ended early Saturday evening and after more than 90 minutes of elbows, shoves and kicks to the shin, the players on France and Paraguay were still hot.
  — Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 5 July 2026
• Butlers are kicked in the shins and told their children are ugly; a patriarch’s idiotic military decisions are venerated for their spirit; blood spilling out of a servant’s wound is more an issue for the rug.
  — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
• Benjamin Sesko’s rehabilitation from a shin injury might mean a team-mate starts the season up front, with Matheus Cunha perhaps shading Joshua Zirkzee.
  — Luke Bosher, New York Times, 31 July 2026
• Cubs manager Craig Counsell was ejected in the top of the sixth by home plate umpire Louis Krupa after arguing Moises Ballesteros' double-play grounder appeared to hit off his shin guard and should have been ruled a foul ball.
  — CBS News, 11 June 2026
• The excitement surrounding the 2026 FIFA World Cup has inspired many fans, from former players to beginners, to slide into a pair of shin guards and start playing the beautiful game.
  — Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
• Perez’s return should help stabilize Miami’s starting rotation, which has been ravaged by injuries, first to top prospect Robby Snelling (season-ending UCL reconstruction), then Perez and also Janson Junk (right shin inflammation).
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026