How to Use tricep in a Sentence

tricep

noun

• That pitch nailed Bradley in the triceps on his right arm at 100 mph.
  — Jenna West, SI.com, 9 May 2018
• Lift right foot and bring right knee to tap right triceps.
  — SELF, 28 Apr. 2019
• Soon, my back aches, my triceps shake, and my eyes swirl with the current.
  — Frederick Olsen Jr. | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2018
• This stretch promotes blood flow to all three portions of the tricep.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 20 Dec. 2022
• Officials said he was shot in the tricep, hand, and leg.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 1 Sep. 2020
• With arms long by your sides, pull shoulders away from the ears with the palms and triceps connected to the mat.
  — Angela Peterson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2018
• Konibu showed me a scar on his tricep—a bullet wound that bulged and glistened like a leech.
  — Monte Reel, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022
• Then Thomas tore his triceps muscle in his left arm in the seventh game of the 2017 season.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 14 Aug. 2017
• With abs tight, rotate waist and bring left knee in and across body towards right triceps.
  — Health.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• As things worked, Kilgore tore his triceps in the fourth game last year while Pouncey played all 16 games.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• Hold the weights at your chest, then extend both arms straight back, flexing your triceps.
  — Health.com, 26 Sep. 2017
• This is a more difficult version of tricep dips since your feet are off the ground.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 21 June 2018
• On the heels of her ink spree at the end of 2019, Miley Cyrus was back in the tattoo shop once again this week to get a new piece on her tricep area.
  — Thatiana Diaz, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2020
• Repeat this 10 times to really work the triceps, chest and core.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2019
• Your wrists should be shoulder-distance apart, and your hands and triceps should not be touching the ball.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 19 Feb. 2019
• That includes your pectorals (chest), lats (the broad muscle on the sides of your mid-back), triceps, and the muscles around the shoulder blades.
  — Isadora Baum, SELF, 16 Mar. 2019
• Logan, 33, suffered a strained triceps near the end of spring training and opened the season on the 10-day disabled list.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2018
• Austin even likes to add in arm circles and tricep presses during her walk.
  — Tehrene Firman, Good Housekeeping, 12 Oct. 2022
• This easy pose stretches her hips, triceps and even her abdomen, which are of course still in repair mode.
  — Carine Lavache, Cosmopolitan, 28 Aug. 2017
• Once healthy, Brown saw sporadic reps in two games and suffered a season-ending triceps tear in the third.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2020
• Use the right hand to press down against the band into a tricep extension, and then come back to the starting position.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2019
• Keep your elbows in toward the sides of your body for a military-style push-up that engages the backs of your arms (triceps).
  — Dana Santas, CNN, 1 May 2020
• This allows the triceps to stretch, since the elbows are forward and pointed downward.
  — Jay Willis, GQ, 19 Dec. 2017
• Cederberg was shot in his hip, wrist, tibia, triceps, torso and twice under his arm, the memo said.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 19 July 2017
• Some will work your biceps or triceps more, while others ask more of your core, shoulders, or chest.
  — Amy Marturana, SELF, 1 Sep. 2017
• Darvish hasn’t pitched in the majors since May 20 because of right triceps tendinitis.
  — John Fineran, The Seattle Times, 26 June 2018
• Then, holding the elbows static, bring the weights up and back towards the sky into a tricep kickback, working the upper back and back of the arms.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2020
• In the video, Johnson can be seen performing a set of tricep dips with two massive chains draped over his shoulders.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 11 July 2022
• Bend left elbow and lower left arm until tricep nearly touches the ground.
  — Women's Health Editors, Women's Health, 14 June 2023
• The Boston Arm’s movements were controlled by electrical signals from an amputee’s bicep and tricep muscles.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023

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