How to Use pelvis in a Sentence

pelvis

noun

• One of the shots struck the woman in the pelvis and killed her.
  — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2022
• Place the band in the fold of your hip joint, where the thigh bone meets the pelvis.
  — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2022
• Push through your heels and lift the pelvis up to the ceiling.
  — Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2022
• Lee pushed the man to the ground, breaking his pelvis and a rib.
  — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
• The hamstring muscles stretch from the pelvis to the shin bone, down the back side of the thigh.
  — Men's Health, 16 Aug. 2022
• The cancer has been found in my spine and pelvis as well.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2021
• The sacroiliac joints are in the hip, where the spine and pelvis connect.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2022
• The second his pelvis hit the stage, the stadium roared.
  — Tess Garcia, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Apr. 2023
• DeAndre Thomas, who was 15 at the time, was struck in the pelvis.
  — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
• That, of course, is not normal since your pelvis is not a bar.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
• Keep the pelvis tucked down, and lean slightly forward.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 9 Jan. 2023
• His brother-in-law was hit once in the pelvis and survived.
  — Laurence Du Sault, ProPublica, 7 July 2022
• The first shot to Joseph Rosenbaum fractures his pelvis.
  — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 19 Nov. 2021
• This cue creates more of a tilt to your pelvis that will stretch out the hamstrings more.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 20 July 2022
• Make sure your ribcage stays down and your pelvis doesn't rotate side to side.
  — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• Ariel coming out of the sea, and drops her pelvis right onto Michael’s crotch.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
• Again, don’t move your body and keep your pelvis level.
  — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 26 Mar. 2020
• Keep your pelvis neutral, your chest high, and your back straight.
  — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2020
• The patient was getting a CT of his abdomen and pelvis.
  — New York Times, 8 Sep. 2021
• Planks work muscles in the neck, shoulders, back, thighs, pelvis and legs.
  — Ebony Williams, ajc, 7 Apr. 2022
• Her pelvis was too small for safe labor, the doctor said.
  — Washington Post, 6 May 2022
• The fall broke his pelvis, shattered his left leg and fractured his wrist, skull and jaw.
  — New York Times, 18 Nov. 2021
• Ina was small from age, her spine bent and her chest caved in toward her pelvis.
  — Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
• The girl, whose mother was at the school to pick her up, was shot in the left armpit, the left side of her back and her pelvis, the report said.
  — Stephanie Casanova, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• His spleen was ruptured and his pelvis broken in five places.
  — Town & Country, 1 Oct. 2022
• First, a little 101: The pelvic floor is a group of hammock-like muscles that stretch across the bottom of the pelvis.
  — Cori Ritchey, SELF, 16 Dec. 2022
• The woman’s pelvis and a wrist were fractured in the collision.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2020
• Roll the bar up to your hips just above your pelvis (for comfort, use a pad on the bar if possible).
  — Men's Health, 6 Jan. 2023
• Stacks and stacks: skulls, rib cages, arm and thigh bones, pelvises, all gaping and glaring.
  — Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
• Kathie Lee Gifford has been hospitalized after falling and fracturing her pelvis in two places.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024