thigh - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • leave: Valance was hit again, in the left thigh by a bullet that broke his hip bone.
  • have: Has thigh straps to keep you in touch with the board.

Adjective modifier

  • skinless: Add 6 cubed skinless chicken thighs and brown all over.
  • inner: People may feel the pain in their hips, or in their groin, inner thigh, buttocks, or knees.
  • upper: She was hit in the upper thigh with an air pellet.
  • muscular: The back legs should again be heavy in bone with muscular thighs.
  • left: Find the barrier point in the front of your left thigh.
  • outer: Spot Reduction I do lots of outer thigh ( tummy, buns, etc. ) work.

Modifies a noun

  • slapping: Plenty of hand clapping, swaying, and thigh slapping involved!
  • wader: At first I had some heavy rubber thigh waders which preferred clinging to the mud than to my thighs.
  • muscle: I've now got muscles on my thigh muscles!
  • bone: Bobby Collins broke his thigh bone in the opening match in Turin.
  • strain: Team news: Nathan Blake is the only doubt with a thigh strain.
  • boot: Which slang term derives from olden day smugglers who hit brandy in their thigh boots?

Noun used with modifier

  • hood: And for extra leg protection, choose the hood thigh boot.
  • chicken: The gentleman's stuffed chicken thigh was a work of art, which he devoured with his usual gusto.
  • spur: I still have two spur thighs and at the moment I have a baby tortoise, which is the offspring of the original two.
  • turkey: Remove any skin and sinews from the turkey thigh meat and cut into small pieces.

Possessives

  • man: At Hemp Knoll, the bone belt ring was hidden beneath the dead man's right thigh.

Preposition: of

  • brass: The head of gold had passed, and the breast of silver; now came the belly and thighs of brass.

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