How to Use thigh in a Sentence

thigh

noun
  • Fuller had been shot in the thigh, the arm and the head.
    Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The femoral artery in the groin, just above the crease where the thigh meets the abdomen.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • Place the band in the fold of your hip joint, where the thigh bone meets the pelvis.
    Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The femoral artery in the groin, just above the crease where the thigh meets the abdomen.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
  • The man was shot in the chest, stomach and right thigh.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Place the chicken thighs in the hot section of the grill.
    Karoline Boehm Goodnick, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Jackson’s hands rapped the rhythm of the song on his thighs.
    Gary Smith, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
  • The femoral head is part of the femur at the top of the thigh that connects the leg to the pelvis.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 18 Aug. 2025
  • At your groin, just above the crease where the thigh meets the abdomen.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 July 2025
  • The gunman then shot the driver in the left hand and thigh.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The hole is positioned at the femoral condyles, the round parts of the thigh bone.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2021
  • But the big ass pads, the leg pads, the thigh pads, the calf pads, those were all playing.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
  • On the back of his thigh is a hole that pumps dark blood onto the cot.
    Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Her boyfriend, 28, was shot in the thigh and lower back.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The man fell in front of a Buick, wounded in the groin, back, thigh, hand, and head.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 28 June 2021
  • Pass the ends of the wire under the thighs and cross over the leg joints; twist to secure.
    Peter Barrett, Outside Online, 9 June 2025
  • Slice the thighs and breasts against the grain for the most tender texture.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Kalloch was badly wounded in the chest and thigh and fell to the ground.
    Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Bullets struck the younger boy in the leg and back and the older boy in the thigh, cops said.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 July 2024
  • The man suffered gunshot wounds in the thigh and chest.
    Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2022
  • He was shot while in the bar area in the thigh, back, neck, groin and buttocks.
    orlandosentinel.com, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The next day, my knee and upper thigh were swollen and bruised.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 3 June 2021
  • On the second pitch of the at-bat, Smith plunked Ohtani with a slider in the thigh.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The report said his neck, chest and thigh area had been burned.
    Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
  • My calves and thighs often throbbed, my waist ached and my knees swelled.
    Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • That's when Quinn was bitten twice on the thigh by a rattlesnake.
    Christa Swanson, CBS News, 6 June 2026
  • Medium compression smooths the waist, hips, and thighs, while a pull-aside gusset simplifies bathroom breaks.
    Malia Griggs, Glamour, 4 June 2026
  • Customers can order meals built around breasts, wings, thighs, legs or tenders, most of them priced between $7-$10 and served with a side and a roll.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
  • The sensual styling featured sinuous lines and included a thigh-high slit.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 June 2026
  • Willis Reed, who had sat out Game 6 with a thigh injury, hobbled out on to the court for Game 7.
    Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

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