How to Use posterior in a Sentence

posterior

1 of 2 adjective

• The posterior end of the branching worm can be seen on the surface of the sponge.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2022
• Hinge your hips then scoop up to get a stretch through the posterior chain on the straight leg side.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 3 May 2022
• One day hit legs, the next chest, and the final was focused on the posterior chain.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 24 May 2022
• The notches always mark the thickest parts of the bone, on the posterior side—the side that faces the rear of the animal.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 1 May 2018
• This is a great stretch at the back side of your hamstring and backside of your thigh to open up the muscles in the posterior chain.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2022
• Stay on your hands and knees to focus on the posterior capsule of the shoulder.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 10 Nov. 2022
• The triceps brachii are the largest muscle of the arms, positioned on the posterior (rear) of the upper arm.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2023
• The card, of course, contained a [posterior breeze] joke.
  — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2017
• Here’s how: Put your pelvis in a posterior tilt and contract your glutes.
  — Outside Online, 28 Jan. 2021
• The hinging movement promotes strength in your posterior chain (the back of your legs, glutes and back).
  — Dana Santas, CNN, 7 May 2021
• Your hamstrings are large muscles that run along the back of your body, or on your posterior chain.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 19 Aug. 2022
• Wake up your posterior chain, glutes, and hamstrings with this full body lift.
  — Men's Health, 13 Jan. 2023
• The horse was composed of thousands of silver sequins, and stretched over one arm and around her back to her posterior.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 23 July 2023
• Press on that one spot and my whole posterior will light up like a first-time visitor to Colorado.
  — Ted Spiker, Esquire, 20 Sep. 2017
• Dolphin S brings out the fish with lips flaring in the posterior half of the gape area to show the upper tooth row and gular area expanding.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Jan. 2023
• Robertson saved the Saints' posterior the past two seasons playing all over the linebacker map.
  — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 15 May 2018
• Ryan recommends Jefferson curls—a set of slow, controlled forward bends that loosens up the entire posterior chain, from the base of the skull all the way down to the heel.
  — Jay Willis, GQ, 23 Jan. 2018
• The posterior tibial artery on the inner ankle. Apply a cold compress or ice pack to one or all of the pulse points for 10-15 minutes.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• Collectively known as the posterior chain, this group of muscles runs from the bottom of the skull to the heels and includes the hamstrings, calves, lats, trapezius and glutes.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2021
• While your core plays an important role in your posture, the muscles in your posterior chain (or the back of your body) are vital too.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 29 Apr. 2021
• Ecchymosis on the posterior surface of the right and left thighs.
  — Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2020
• The dumbbell deadlift really hones in on your posterior chain, or the backside of your body.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 6 Nov. 2023
• Your calf muscles help make up your posterior chain, the group of muscles that run along the back of your body, including those along your spine, your hamstrings, and your glutes.
  — Melissa Matthews, SELF, 23 June 2022
• Henry had a brain tumor next to his brain stem, on his posterior fossa.
  — The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2019
• Minor league catcher Ben Rortvedt had surgery Wednesday for an aneurysm of the posterior artery near his left shoulder.
  — Mark Didtler, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
• The backpedal movement helps to develop the posterior chain.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
• This less common approach targets posterior heel spurs located near the Achilles tendon on the back of the foot.
  — Stuart Hershman, Verywell Health, 27 June 2023
• Once formed, the gametes can detach and swim freely, and the posterior ends can regenerate.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2022
• Pause for three seconds, then come up and repeat five to eight times to decrease tension from your glute towards your hamstring through the back side of the posterior chain.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 14 July 2022
• Deadlifts are an amazing, full-body exercise that really strengthens the posterior chain (and makes those glutes pop!).
  — Erin Warwood, Women's Health, 24 July 2023

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posterior

2 of 2 noun

• The man squeezed his large posterior into the chair.
• But her new implants — gifts — made her much cheerier, And lifted Gramps, her pants and her posterior.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
• The round struck an unidentified male in his posterior, and the male turned and ran away while limping, the affidavit said.
  — Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2022
• Turns out 1973 was a reminder that just when things seem to be going great, disruption comes to bite us on the posterior.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2020
• This will be the right position at which to hold your posterior while skiing.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2020
• The whitish larvae are C-shaped with a bulbous posterior.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2022
• Some sauropods flailed fused clumps of bones from their posteriors toward predators.
  — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
• But before the game was over, Putin also took a bad fall, landing hard on his posterior after trying to show off his skills.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 11 May 2017
• He and his students are trapping rats and mice in medians and parks, and one of his students is swabbing the posteriors of live pigeons.
  — Andy Newman, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2017
• Easier to lead the league with 40 home runs than 50 if the latter involved jabbing a needle in your posterior.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 5 June 2021
• Brown shook Grayson Allen so thoroughly on an 18-foot jumper in the first quarter that Allen staggered and his posterior ended up on the parquet.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2022
• She was then dubbed the ultimate bridesmaid and launched many a fan page exalting her pert posterior.
  — Nardine Saad, latimes.com, 10 Apr. 2017
• The work’s title appears in big red letters at the bottom of the painting, below a close-up of a naked female posterior that’s framed by a trompe l’oeil proscenium arch.
  — Karen Rosenberg, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2019
• For those not down with the current vernacular, Finebaum said the Big Ten is covering your posterior.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 17 Sep. 2020
• Bounce music -- that evocative sound that serves as background to the undulating posteriors of twerking dancers -- is on the move in New Orleans.
  — Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com, 8 June 2017
• If that set of bones is well controlled, the tibialis posterior can work eccentrically to smoothly lower your foot to the ground.
  — Jay Dicharry, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2019
• The lower portion of the tibia forms the roof and medial (inside) of the ankle, while the lower portion of the fibula forms the lateral (outside) and posterior (back) of the ankle.
  — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2020
• That product is one of those used in cosmetic surgery to plump lips and posteriors, fill cellulite dimples and enhance penises.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2019
• Surprisingly, Wendy decides to stand by Karen in that moment, going so far as to tell Robyn to take her head out of Gizelle’s posterior and butt out of the conversation.
  — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 18 July 2021
• The sea cucumber's posterior is so much more than an exit hole for digestive waste.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 May 2021
• On one side of the Instagram, her posterior appears bump- and blemish-free, while the other side shows noticeable cellulite.
  — Devon Ivie, Allure, 16 Aug. 2017
• But for those hooked on the porcine connotation of the name, the distillery team sees you and has released a new limited-edition PiggyBank Rye which pours directly from the pork posterior.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2022
• His affinity for Princeton prompted him to have the school's mascot, a tiger, tattooed on his posterior, a fact confirmed to reporters decades later by his wife aboard a plane taking them to China.
  — Arkansas Online, 7 Feb. 2021
• His affinity for Princeton prompted him to have the school’s mascot, a tiger, tattooed on his posterior, a fact confirmed to reporters decades later by his wife aboard a plane taking them to China.
  — Matthew Lee, Chron, 7 Feb. 2021
• The galley shows a variety of wild animals (including the posterior of a mountain goat) that are presumably native to the Mount Rushmore State.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2019
• Women wearing low cut shirts or shorts that barely covered their posteriors.
  — Micaela English, Town & Country, 1 Oct. 2018
• Then the man, filled with liquid fire, started pinching the posteriors of several different young women.
  — Bruce Arians and Lars Anderson, SI.com, 7 July 2017
• While Gomez may have to painstakingly remove the splinters from his posterior, his nuanced argument of different types of speed is compelling.
  — SI.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• Closing out our @sxsw on the highest note possible: a spectacular late night set by @texasgentlemen with nary a stationary posterior.
  — Gary Graff, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2018
• With a stable big toe, your forefoot is stabilized, which creates a stable platform for your rearfoot, which means your tibialis posterior can stop trying to do the work of other muscles.
  — Jay Dicharry, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2019

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