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extremity - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- parish: Church History " The church is situated in the southern extremity of the parish.
- county: The largest portion of each is arable, except toward the western extremity of the county, where the whole is pasture.
- island: The square fort at the northern extremity of the island was built in 1510 entirely of ballast stone brought from Portugal.
- village: On the E side of the road at the S extremity of the village of Tarbolton.
- town: Cloch Lighthouse - Just beyond the western extremity of the town stands the much-photographed Cloch Lighthouse, dating from 1797.
Converse of object
- reach: In space without limit, I vow to reach the furthest extremity.
- form: A conical vascular body forming the extremity of the penis.
- represent: The British Isles represent the northern extremity of the range in the northeast Atlantic, which extends south to Morocco.
- mark: NCC - Leamouth Leamouth marks the eastern extremity of the Isle of Dogs Enterprise Zone.
Adjective modifier
- south-western: A small island lying about 300 m off the south-western extremity of Signy Island.
- north-western: It represents the species at the north-western extremity of its range.
- north-eastern: The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient edifice, very inconveniently situated in the north-eastern extremity of the parish.
- southernmost: This massive structure marks the southernmost extremity of an extensive reservoir.
- western: British Columbia is located in the western extremity of Canada bordered by the Pacific Ocean.
- southern: Church History " The church is situated in the southern extremity of the parish.
Modifies a noun
- function: Factor analysis suggests it independently assesses lower and upper extremity functions among other factors ( 13 ).
- amputation: Testing Times reported a recent study that showed that 5 to 15 per cent of people with diabetic foot ulcers require lower extremity amputation.
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