How to Use collarbone in a Sentence

collarbone

noun

• The mother had a long abrasion in the area around her collarbone.
  — cleveland, 28 Feb. 2020
• My favourite tattoo is this little heart [on my collarbone].
  — Lexy Lebsack, refinery29.com, 25 Feb. 2020
• The pain from my C-section incision seemed to climb all the way up my chest to my collarbones.
  — Ariane Chang, The New York Review of Books, 2 Apr. 2020
• Franklin crashed and broke his collarbone, which prevented him from starting the baseball season.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2020
• This twist-neck dress can help you transition from fall to spring with its long sleeves, collarbone cut outs, and slightly shimmery fabric.
  — NBC News, 21 Feb. 2020
• Boone said a decision on whether to surgically remove the rib, a small bone under the collarbone, would be made then.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
• Akoya pearls form a chic 18-inch strand that hits at the base of the collarbone and pairs perfectly with summer’s silk skirts and voluminous blouses.
  — Krystin Arneson, CNN Underscored, 22 June 2020
• It was shown as a knit and jeans with cut-outs on the thigh, a sheer long sleeve top paired with a ballerina-style skirt, and a floor skimming evening that highlighted the shoulders and collarbone.
  — Blue Carreon, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
• Matthew Claire wrote in his affidavit he was slated to visit Bellevue for treatment of a collarbone injury but he was told there was no driver.
  — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
• Commonly, in adults, one defibrillator pad is placed on the right of the chest, just below the collarbone and the other on the lower left side, underneath the armpit.
  — New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2024
• Lavan listed a broken collarbone, a fractured wrist and a hip injury to three of his players before the Covid-19 pandemic.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 2 June 2020
• Millie brushes the Body Highlight onto her shoulders, her collarbone, and her neck for an all-over shimmer worthy of Coachella.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 20 Apr. 2020
• Featured in the video was a sparkling O-Ring choker around Bad Bunny’s neck that was stacked with rings, pearls and chains, paired with a set of earrings dangling down to his collarbone.
  — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
• But Ewan hit the deck at the end of Stage 3 and broke his collarbone.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 16 July 2021
• The tips of her brunette waves fell a bit past her collarbone.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 4 Oct. 2023
• Devin Funchess broke his collarbone and was done for the year.
  — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
• Because there is good meat around the collarbone and in the cheeks.
  — Domenica Marchetti, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• In 2021, the Texas Tech star suffered a broken collarbone in the fourth game of the year.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
• The joint is the meeting point between the collarbone and the breastbone.
  — Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2022
• The player who, say, broke his collarbone yet stayed in the game was a hero.
  — James Dunn, Star Tribune, 9 Sep. 2020
• The carving is of her on her deathbed, and it is sunk up to her collarbones in his front lawn.
  — Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
• Down the collarbone, the new black jerseys house three pink stripes which stop midway to the sleeves.
  — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
• Try a style with smaller pearls that hit just at the collarbone.
  — Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 14 June 2022
• Hold the bar in your palms so that the bar rests above your collarbone on the meaty portions of your shoulders.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2022
• Hogan, the golfer, broke his collarbone, pelvis, left ankle and a rib.
  — Gina Kolata, Star Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021
• The heavy pendant hung between the ends of his collarbones.
  — Dan Musgrave, Longreads, 9 May 2023
• Last year, in the second game of the season, Fontaine broke his collarbone.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2020
• The second victim, a 24-year-old male, was stabbed once on the left collarbone.
  — Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2022
• The mass, nestled just under the skin above my collarbone, was the size of a quarter.
  — Jessica Ciencin Henriquez, Kristin Van Ogtrop, Health.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• Will James broke his collarbone in the first half of last week’s win against Baker.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 24 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024