How to Use tricep in a Sentence

tricep

noun
  • Soon, my back aches, my triceps shake, and my eyes swirl with the current.
    Frederick Olsen Jr. | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2018
  • This stretch promotes blood flow to all three portions of the tricep.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 20 Dec. 2022
  • With abs tight, rotate waist and bring left knee in and across body towards right triceps.
    Health.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Hold the weights at your chest, then extend both arms straight back, flexing your triceps.
    Health.com, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Konibu showed me a scar on his tricep—a bullet wound that bulged and glistened like a leech.
    Monte Reel, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022
  • That pitch nailed Bradley in the triceps on his right arm at 100 mph.
    Jenna West, SI.com, 9 May 2018
  • Austin even likes to add in arm circles and tricep presses during her walk.
    Tehrene Firman, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2018
  • Hold a dumbbell in right hand with elbow bent and tricep resting on the ground.
    Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 2 Aug. 2023
  • This is a more difficult version of tricep dips since your feet are off the ground.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 21 June 2018
  • Some will work your biceps or triceps more, while others ask more of your core, shoulders, or chest.
    Amy Marturana, SELF, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Your wrists should be shoulder-distance apart, and your hands and triceps should not be touching the ball.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 19 Feb. 2019
  • This easy pose stretches her hips, triceps and even her abdomen, which are of course still in repair mode.
    Carine Lavache, Cosmopolitan, 28 Aug. 2017
  • With arms long by your sides, pull shoulders away from the ears with the palms and triceps connected to the mat.
    Angela Peterson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2018
  • As his right hand firmly clutches your right hand, his left hand runs from your tricep to your lats, searching.
    Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Cole was on this disabled list three times last season with triceps and elbow issues.
    Zack Meisel, cleveland.com, 1 July 2017
  • Use your free weights to perform simple bicep curls or tricep pulls right in your home or office.
    Jaclyn London, Ms, Rd, Cdn, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2018
  • Use your free weights to perform simple biceps curls or triceps pulls right in your home or office.
    Jaclyn London, Ms, Rd, Good Housekeeping, 16 May 2017
  • Repeat this 10 times to really work the triceps, chest and core.
    Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Cederberg was shot in his hip, wrist, tibia, triceps, torso and twice under his arm, the memo said.
    Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 19 July 2017
  • This allows the triceps to stretch, since the elbows are forward and pointed downward.
    Jay Willis, GQ, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Once healthy, Brown saw sporadic reps in two games and suffered a season-ending triceps tear in the third.
    Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Keep your elbows in toward the sides of your body for a military-style push-up that engages the backs of your arms (triceps).
    Dana Santas, CNN, 1 May 2020
  • The muscle group is a major mover in big upper body lifts like the overhead press, tricep extensions, and rows.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Use the right hand to press down against the band into a tricep extension, and then come back to the starting position.
    Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2019
  • As things worked, Kilgore tore his triceps in the fourth game last year while Pouncey played all 16 games.
    Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • In the video, Johnson can be seen performing a set of tricep dips with two massive chains draped over his shoulders.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 11 July 2022
  • For the spidermans, focus on opening your hip and trying to get your knee to connect with the upper part of your triceps.
    SELF, 28 Apr. 2019
  • Then Thomas tore his triceps muscle in his left arm in the seventh game of the 2017 season.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 14 Aug. 2017
  • That includes your pectorals (chest), lats (the broad muscle on the sides of your mid-back), triceps, and the muscles around the shoulder blades.
    Isadora Baum, SELF, 16 Mar. 2019
  • Darvish hasn’t pitched in the majors since May 20 because of right triceps tendinitis.
    John Fineran, The Seattle Times, 26 June 2018

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