How to Use shank in a Sentence

shank

1 of 2 noun

• Wrap back down the shank all the way to where the wire ends.
  — Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online, 20 May 2020
• The shank is made of 18-karat gold but the gold is hand painted.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 19 May 2021
• Secure the dumbbell eyes to the top of the shank with a series of figure-8 wraps.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2024
• The shank should fit well to the handle and the handle should be clean, not gunky.
  — Robin Tribble, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2018
• Wrap the yarn back up the shank toward the eye, stopping one width of yarn short of the eye.
  — Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online, 20 May 2020
• The fly is usually tied with weight on the shank and with a black glass bead at the front.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2018
• Then there’s the beef shank and brisket, both braised to peak fall-apart-y texture.
  — Rachel Karten, Bon Appétit, 6 Jan. 2020
• Punter Jamie Gillan finished it off with a 21-yard shank to start the Rams at their 28.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2019
• Good—since our experts stressed that the shank of the shoe should be pretty rigid.
  — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2023
• The three most common cuts of ham are the butt end, ham shank, and center slice.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2024
• If the remaining beef shank is tender enough, shred the meat and add to the pot.
  — Danny Chau, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2022
• The best lamb to use is the cut that takes the least time to cook — boneless leg cut from the sirloin end (not the shank end).
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2018
• The delicious lamb shank course was paired with the 2020 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge.
  — Ronnie Koenig, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• Or in the shank of a fine October in the midlands, with the year in quick decline.
  — Charles W. Gusewelle, kansascity, 16 June 2018
• The bones in trotters and shanks provide gelatin, which thickens the stew.
  — Catherine M. Allchin, The Seattle Times, 11 Dec. 2018
• The hex shank is convenient for most drills and quick-change adapters, too.
  — Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2023
• The three most common cuts of ham are butt end, ham shank, and center slice.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2021
• The screw forces the shank of the anchor to split and expand, giving this style of anchor its name.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2023
• The 2016 Open champion hit a cold, hard shank from the middle of the fairway.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 21 July 2019
• Nearly 20 mezze launch the menu, and the entrees include a showy lamb shank served on a slab of tree.
  — Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022
• Shank The shank is the lower half of the leg above the hock and is the cut most associated with baked ham.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2024
• Crawford’s throat was slashed with a homemade knife, known as a shiv or shank.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2019
• Four flutes for clean drilling and the bits feature a three-flat shank to eliminate slipping in the chuck.
  — Allen Foster, chicagotribune.com, 25 Feb. 2021
• The bolt shank could break, or the threads may strip, providing no clamping force at all.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 21 May 2021
• Beef shank provides a good ratio of meat with bone and can be used for the entirety of the meat's needs.
  — Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
• The lamb shank features a delicate aroma of smoke, and the meat shreds with the slightest touch of your fork.
  — Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
• Remove the pin and wrap the thread around the stitching a few times, creating a button shank.
  — Vanessa Nirode, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
• The drill is equipped with a half-inch chuck, allowing you to bore with large-shank twist drills, hole saws, and big step drills.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 15 Oct. 2019
• Cámara: The pork shank at El Sella is one of my favorite dishes in the city.
  — Jorge Valencia Mariano Fernandez, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• In some cases, the versions that our test cooks came up with improved upon the versions that my parents made, like my dad’s Taste of Szechuan beef shank.
  — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024

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shank

2 of 2 verb

• But Sane shanks the kick, and his attempt goes nowhere near the goal.
  — Joel Petterson, New York Times, 29 June 2018
• Nestle the veal shanks back into the pot, add the wine, and bring to a boil.
  — Tyler Florence, House Beautiful, 6 Jan. 2011
• Murphy then missed his first kick of the day, shanking the extra point to the right.
  — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2023
• Will Hart shanks one 21 yards, Cincinnati has the ball at the Wolverines' 46-yard line.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 9 Sep. 2017
• The redshirt sophomore shanked what would have been No.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 20 Oct. 2019
• The punt was shanked and only went 10 yards giving the Broncos their first break.
  — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2019
• Kerber shanked a backhand off Williams’s return, and Williams had a chance to serve for the match.
  — New York Times, 28 May 2018
• In the 76th minute, Austin Weltz’s right-footed inside the six-yard box was shanked and stopped by Viteri.
  — Tim Schwartz, baltimoresun.com, 5 Oct. 2019
• Kicking from the Elkins 27-yard line, Ethan Henry tried to punt the ball away on the run but instead shanked it out of bounds at the 19.
  — Jason McDaniel, Houston Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2019
• Martin dropped four punts inside the 20, but also shanked a 35-yard punt at the end of the third quarter.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 11 Nov. 2019
• Gould shanked another one in this game, a 45-yarder in the first quarter that sailed wide left.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2019
• Sleep-Dalton then shanked it out of bounds, the punt going only 12 yards.
  — Kirk Kenney, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Sep. 2017
• Jeff Locke shanked one punt out of bounds for a net of 29 yards but was solid otherwise.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2017
• The punt was shanked and the Seminoles moved quickly on a three-play, 39-yard drive to finally score its first touchdown of the night.
  — Jenna West, SI.com, 14 Sep. 2019
• Three plays resulted in a loss of seven yards, and Britton Colquitt shanked a punt.
  — Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2019
• At 15-30, Sinner shanked a backhand that went long, then fired a forehand bullet into the top of the net to end the one-hour first set.
  — Marc Berman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
• Dickson, standing at the back of the end zone and not having his normal time to punt, shanks his punt and the ball travels just 23 yards to the Seattle 24.
  — oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2019
• At that point the suspect appears to shank Duncomb in the back, missing his spinal cord by a few inches, the report said.
  — Fox News, 30 July 2020
• Rachel threatens to shank Mercedes with a piece of plane debris over the Patsy Cline solo.
  — Maggie Olmsted, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2022
• Give me the basketball star who shanks crucial free throws and the goaltender in hockey who slips and lets the winning slap shot whir by.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 6 June 2023
• The special teams woes started with Logan Tyler’s shanked punt, which which traveled just 12 yards.
  — Curt Weiler, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 Sep. 2017
• With 3:15 remaining in the game, Temple’s punter shanked a punt out of his own end zone, which netted just seven yards.
  — Joan Niesen, SI.com, 15 Sep. 2019
• Killing is not news to this crowd: Pap was in jail for shanking a cook at the family’s barbecue restaurant.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
• The barbecue pork shank along with the Carolina shrimp and grits is perfection.
  — cleveland, 22 Dec. 2020
• Woodland, who led by two to start the third round, stretched it to as many as four shots when Rose shanked a bunker shot from in front of the par-3 fifth green, and Woodland followed with a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-5 sixth.
  — Doug Ferguson, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2019
• Kicking for the Vikings, Carlson shanked a field goal that would have beaten the Packers in Week 2 of his rookie season, a 35-yarder in the final seconds of overtime.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2023
• That convenience is also accentuated due to the impact-ready, 1⁄4-inch hex shank on each of the drill bits.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 30 Sep. 2021
• Punter Jake Hartbarger had issues with the wind and rain, then shanked his final attempt nearly 90 degrees to the right for a career-worst 5-yard punt.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2019
• And at the start of the second half, a Rodman cross landed right on the foot of midfielder Linsey Horan, who shanked the opportunity.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 22 July 2023
• Olivier Giroud shanked a couple chances, hasn’t put a shot on target at this World Cup, gets crushed by fans and the press and still remains invaluable to Deschamps’ system.
  — Brian Straus, SI.com, 10 July 2018

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