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Recent Examples of thigh
Place your left elbow outside your right thigh.
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Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
The high-neck dress features cut-out sections around the torso and a thigh-high slit on one side.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Is the lap belt as low as possible, touching the thighs?
5.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
In some videos, people are wading in floodwaters up to their thighs.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
The high-neck dress features cut-out sections around the torso and a thigh-high slit on one side.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Is the lap belt as low as possible, touching the thighs?
5.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
In some videos, people are wading in floodwaters up to their thighs.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for thigh
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thigh
Noun
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The major muscles worked in this exercise are the quads, glutes, hamstrings, hip flexors (muscles at the front of the hip), and calves.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
31 Oct. 2025
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Step onto the porch in an oversize T-shirt that hangs down to my knees and mismatched socks that come halfway up my calves.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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When that motion — called dorsiflexion, the act of pulling your toes toward your shin — is limited, your body has to find a way to compensate.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Pause for a moment at the top to feel the maximum contraction in the front of your shin.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Homemade knives, called shanks, are plentiful inside the prison, several inmates said.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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Start with a glass of stout and the Hungarian mushroom soup before moving on to either the pork shank, prime rib (the best in town) or Amish chicken for an entree.—
Keith Pandolfi,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Thigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thigh. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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