How to Use fetal position in a Sentence

fetal position

noun

• The video cuts with the man in a fetal position, the knife still stuck in his neck.
  — Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2021
• Then the nurse crouched down in the fetal position and wept.
  — Anne Barnard and Hwaida Saad, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2018
• Curl up on the couch in a fetal position and let the country go to hell?
  — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
• At some point in the video the two victims were on the ground in the fetal position when a couple comes in to break up the fight.
  — Jordan Darling The Orange County Register (tns), al, 28 May 2023
• His wallet was stolen while he was curled in the fetal position in the street.
  — Fox News, 25 June 2020
• Bodies are placed in the pod in a fetal position, and buried with a young tree attached at the top.
  — Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
• The other was found in the fetal position on a trail, unable to walk or speak.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2019
• No need to take a bow for a moral victory or curl up in the fetal position from the loss.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 2 Dec. 2020
• Lie on your side with your knees curled up against your chest (in a fetal position).
  — Andrew Simmons, Outside Online, 23 Sep. 2019
• In one bit, a member curls up in the fetal position, the rest of the group wrapping their bodies around her to form a womb.
  — Steve Heisler, Chicago Reader, 10 Jan. 2018
• Boyko zoomed in on the body, which appeared to be lying in a fetal position.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
• What are the best positions to sleep in? Dr. Hafeez names the back, side, stomach, and fetal position among the best ways to sleep.
  — Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2023
• Shots were fired and he can be seen falling to the ground in the fetal position, his back to officers.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2021
• His hands were curled into fists and his body was fixed in a fetal position.
  — Erika Kinetz, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Oct. 2022
• Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, held a doll of a baby in fetal position.
  — Felicia Sonmez and Ann E. Marimow, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2021
• Hawkins ordered the nude man into a fetal position on the floor.
  — Alex Demarban, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 Sep. 2017
• They were buried in fetal position in a shallow pit, with cloth tucked around their body.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
• When the door finally open, the man was on the floor in the fetal position, bleeding from his torso.
  — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
• As Ventura lies on the floor in a fetal position, Combs picks up her bags and kicks her again.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
• As the cops tackle Ivy’s soon-to-be-ex-wife, the camera pans to the stage where Kai lies, motionless, in the fetal position.
  — Kat Rosenfield, PEOPLE.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• There were four of them: a woman, a man and two teenage boys — all curled into a fetal position.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• The Boulder man was lying in a fetal position next to her.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 16 June 2022
• Several lie in the fetal position on the bare metal, or on what is left of a foam mattress.
  — The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018
• Your natural instinct is to curl up in a fetal position on the couch.
  — Stanley Kay, SI.com, 9 June 2018
• Another Marine in the video, wearing a black tank top and shorts, was seen in the fetal position on the ground as he was being kicked.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 31 May 2023
• Jeonghwa more or less curls up into the fetal position in her chair.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 2 July 2018
• Curled up in the fetal position on his bed in Seattle, Rob Kenney was crying out for God.
  — Washington Post, 17 June 2021
• The scene begins on night 14 with Carson curled up in the fetal position, then making one of many, many crawls to the bushes to empty his gut.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• The nephew escaped to the basement, and minutes later found his aunt in the fetal position on her bedroom floor, dead from a bullet through the heart.
  — Michael Lapointe, The Atlantic, 11 May 2018
• As Ventura lies on the floor, motionless in a fetal position, Combs picks up her bags and stomps her.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024