How to Use tailbone in a Sentence

tailbone

noun

• Your spine runs from the base of the skull down to your tailbone.
  — Jennifer Steinhoff, Verywell Health, 13 Mar. 2025
• Sit on your tailbone with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 10 Apr. 2019
• The back of the dress nearly plunged to her tailbone.
  — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 24 June 2026
• Think about stacking your spine from your tailbone to your neck.
  — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2019
• Try to come all the way up to your tailbone, like a boat pose in yoga.
  — Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 15 Apr. 2020
• His hand went to the small of my back, tracing the space just above my tailbone.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2022
• Mann fell hard on his tailbone and was still hurting after the game.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2021
• Lie on the roller with your spine supported from head to tailbone.
  — Lauren Roxburgh, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2017
• Keep your back flat and your tailbone pointed down towards the ground.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2020
• Then reach your hands forward and let your tailbone rock forward.
  — Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 13 Dec. 2024
• While lying down, your body should form a straight line from the top of your head to your tailbone.
  — Andee Tagle, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
• Arch your back and lift your head and tailbone up towards the ceiling to stretch the chest.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2020
• Lift both hands off the ground so that your tailbone is the only point of contact with the ground.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 Apr. 2018
• In this posture your spine is extended and your tailbone is out.
  — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2020
• The cancerous mass in her lung had already spread to her tailbone.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 21 May 2021
• The penalty is a firm knock on the tailbone, and the rule is strictly enforced.
  — Gerald Kloss, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2017
• Press your heels firmly into the ground, and lift your tailbone toward the sky.
  — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2019
• To keep your lower back flat, tuck your tailbone under (toward the floor) a bit.
  — Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 3 July 2018
• Switch legs and then open them wide and out to each side, keeping the tailbone down and stomach pulled in and up.
  — Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2018
• Place a foam roller beneath your shoulder blades, keeping your tailbone on the ground.
  — Jenny McCoy, Outside Online, 31 Aug. 2022
• Lay your back on the roller so that your entire spine is supported from your tailbone to your head.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2018
• Balance on your tailbone, and bring your shins parallel to the floor with the knees still bent.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 19 Feb. 2025
• Place your hands on your shins, relax your shoulders, and reach the tailbone toward the bed.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
• Separate your knees toward your armpits, keep your tailbone on the ground.
  — Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
• Skin around the hind knee, and make a slice up the rear leg, along the rump roast, diverting around the tailbone.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
• Designed with hip and tailbone pads, these pants are durable for rough play and will help keep players safe while in use.
  — Casey Clark, Parents, 17 Nov. 2023
• Hold your arms at your side and tilt your pelvis slightly forward (rotate your hips to poke out your tailbone).
  — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 23 Mar. 2021
• Anyone who breaks their tailbone on a river and finishes the movie is tough.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018
• The back consists of a complex structure of deep muscles that run from your neck to your tailbone.
  — Leoni Jesner, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
• This means your head, neck, mid- and lower back, and tailbone should all more or less line up with one another.
  — Jillian Mock, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2020