How to Use sternum in a Sentence

sternum

noun

• Start at the sternum and work up near the base of the neck.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
• But Jamie takes the lethal knife to the sternum from Beth to end it and him.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
• The cause of death was a shot through the sternum that struck the aorta and lodged in the spine.
  — Matt Campbell, kansascity.com, 16 May 2017
• Place the heel of one hand at the bottom of the breast bone (sternum) at the nipple line.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2023
• She’s after the sternum, that bit of bone in the middle of your ribs.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 31 May 2018
• But the tone of her letter was more humerus than sternum.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2024
• The surgeon had to cut her chest wide open from neck to the bottom of her sternum.
  — New York Times, 13 July 2022
• My puncture site had been a half-inch too close to the center, too near the sternum.
  — Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2015
• At the hospital, Duane was found to have a cut on the back of his head and a fractured sternum.
  — Alicia Lee, CNN, 18 Aug. 2020
• For the shoulders, loosen the load lifters (the small straps that connect the top of the shoulder straps to the top of the pack), and the sternum strap that runs across your chest.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024
• Many of the models were heaped with backpacks worn high on the back that pushed the sternum forward.
  — Vogue, 23 Jan. 2019
• Hays rubbed her knuckles against the girl’s sternum, then checked her pulse.
  — Maggie Prosser, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• Prior to that, Taurasi missed a month due to a fractured sternum.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 13 July 2021
• The tenders—the little slip of meat between the breast and the sternum—all go into a pile to be used in stir fry.
  — Outdoor Life, 8 Mar. 2021
• Next, run your knife, blade up, between your fingers, opening the gut all the way up to the sternum.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
• Prosecutors said one of the men was stabbed in the chest, his sternum cracked in the attack.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
• Later that month, Baribeau sawed through a man’s sternum near the edge instead of the midline.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
• And this season has been a headbutt to the sternum, day after day.
  — Tim Britton, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
• The scar wound from my sternum, around my belly button, and just beyond the top of my jeans.
  — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2018
• Taurasi missed 12 games before the Olympics with sternum and hip injuries.
  — Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2021
• Push your heels into the floor and unrack it, holding the bar above your sternum with straight arms.
  — Greg Presto, Men's Health, 24 Apr. 2022
• My mother zipped up my dress, which sagged at the chest, exposing the bony knobs of my sternum.
  — Pamila Lew, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• He was stabbed in the chest and was found with a one-and-a-half-inch puncture wound in his sternum, the report says, Fox News reports.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2019
• As for fit, the pack stayed in place reasonably well on bike commutes, even in the absence of a waist and sternum straps.
  — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2020
• More Than Just Scaffolding The average adult body is armed with around 206 bones, from the scapula to the sternum to the sacrum.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
• Adi’s headlamp beam flashed upon the gun muzzle, its cyclops eye just two meters from his sternum.
  — Jonathan Miles, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• Watch for signs of difficulty breathing, such as wheezing, the chest pulling in at the sternum or a bluish tinge to the lips.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 31 Dec. 2025
• As a result, the main area of recovery was the sternum.
  — Tom Burrows, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
• Whether draped, cinched, wrapped, or clutched at the sternum, there’s no wrong way to mater this versatile piece.
  — Minty Mellon, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
• In these birds, the sternum bears a keel that provides additional attachment for the muscles that power the flight stroke.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025