How to Use spine in a Sentence

spine

noun

• They lack the spine to do what needs to be done.
• This X-ray shows her spine.
• Hedgehogs are covered with spines.
• Tania checked the front cover of the book, then the back, then the spine.
  — Ruby Cramer, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
• The spine of the blade is rounded half of the way toward the tip of the knife.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• Heavy is the head that wears the crown, but your spine is strong enough.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2023
• Miguel felt the air leave his lungs and his spine start to buckle.
  — Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• This spine was just about two inches too wide on the F1.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 4 Sep. 2023
• The mullet hits at the top of Stewart's spine, all the better to show off the Chanel, of course.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Feb. 2023
• Once the spine was aligned and stayed that way, well, the proof is in my 27-year-old daughter!
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 12 Jan. 2023
• This can put pressure on the spinal cord and nerves that travel through the spine.
  — Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
• The wind lifted the hair off her head, skyward in spines behind the bone.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 June 2023
• Suddenly there was a chill in the air, a shiver down the spine.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2024
• Adding to the size of Spinosaurus was its nearly 5-foot sail that ran along the dinosaur's spine.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2023
• Then the arms and legs bud out like willow catkins and the spine begins to straighten.
  — Lori Vogt Rosone, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• Yes, intestines, too — and an enormous spine right in front of the doors to City Hall.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2022
• The cancer had already spread to her pelvis, brain, spine, sacrum and adrenal gland.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• Pain in the hip and leg can come from the hip (like with piriformis syndrome) or from the spine.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
• The curse sends shivers down the spines of some 49ers fans because Hearst was the first victim.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
• That tension between the public and the personal, between the dreck and the art, is the spine of the film.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
• Then two human arm-bones and bits of a spine, parts of a skeleton that was tangled in the roots of the tree.
  — Matti Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
• Foam roller Best for rolling out tightness in your quads, glutes, and calves, as well as your spine.
  — Ben Court, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
• Return to menu Being on your knees for hours can tax even the best joints or spine.
  — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
• Fanny packs don't make your back sweat or twist your spine.
  — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 July 2023
• Her father is 77 and has stage 4 prostate cancer that has spread to his colon and spine.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
• Ernest doesn’t have a spine, or even much of an identity.
  — Vulture, 20 Oct. 2023
• So much of the spine of the show is based around the idea of salesmen as liars and salesmen as storytellers.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2023
• He was told that not enough oxygen was getting to his spine.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 31 July 2023
• To achieve this, Hassell has conceived a central steel beam that serves as the structural spine of the hall.
  — Adam Williams, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2024
• Meaning your books lay flat, rather than standing upright with their spines out.
  — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Oct 2024