How to Use chest in a Sentence

chest

noun
  • He has a broad chest.
  • The pain is in my upper chest.
  • The front driver then pulled a handgun and shot the other man in the chest.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Musser: It's been such a pleasure to talk to you and it's been fun to kind of get this off my chest.
    George Musser, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2023
  • At one point, Addison uses a penlight to assess the baby's breathing and ends up with a chest tube.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The bullet passed through Zwerner’s hand and into her chest, according to police.
    Mark Guarino, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Some of the bodies were positioned with arms folded across chests and jaws in an open position to create the appearance that mummies were screaming.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Loose Photos Powell explains that loose photos can be damaged by a cedar chest and should always be placed in archival sleeves or bins before going into a cedar chest.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The gunfire struck a 37-year-old man at least twice in the chest.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Photos from the scene show that the man was buried up to his chest.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • All due to the fact that the bag was now worn across your chest and not your waist.
    Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2024
  • Claudette was shot in the chest while rushing into the kitchen.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
  • She can be seen cradling her bare chest in a pair of jeans.
    Vulture, 10 Jan. 2024
  • One of the people in the trunk was shot in the chest, suffering a wound to one of his lungs.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Glenn, caught in the crossfire, was hit in the left chest and collapsed on the sidewalk.
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • If too tied too tight, the front can open more to expose your chest.
    Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Pull your shoulders back and down to brace your core and keep your chest proud.
    Tiffany Ayuda, Health, 22 Aug. 2023
  • With both of your hands, slowly hug your knees to your chest.
    Tim Petrie, Dpt, Verywell Health, 10 July 2024
  • The brand also sells add-ons like a chest strap and a butterfly charm to go with the bag.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2023
  • One brother stood to his left, arms crossed over his chest.
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
  • If there is something weighing on our chests, now is the time to speak.
    Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The unique scoop neck shows off some of the chest but keeps it all modest with cap sleeves and a sporty criss-cross back.
    Maya Polton Updated, Parents, 10 Aug. 2023
  • How to Do It: Start holding the kettlebell by the horns in front of your chest with both hands.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 13 June 2023
  • This can make the chest feel tight or cause wheezing or shortness of breath.
    Amanda Gardner, Health, 1 June 2024
  • The Archbishop will then dip his fingers into the spoon and touch the King on the head, chest and hands with the oil.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 6 May 2023
  • And watch out for chest bumps in the end zone if any touchdowns are scored by Marcus Brown.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The tip of her weapon grazes the other fighter just below her chest.
    Lenny Rashid Ruvaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2024
  • Instead of a chest wound with heavy bleeding, the man merely has a sore leg.
    Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 19 May 2024
  • And Nijjar was slumped to his right, bleeding from the left arm, chest and head.
    Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • He was shot in the chest in 1912 while campaigning for election in Milwaukee, but insisted on delivering his speech to supporters before being taken to a hospital.
    Kanishka Singh and Mike Stone, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024

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