How to Use wrist in a Sentence

wrist

noun

• And just like that — with the flick of a wrist — punk was born.
  — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 27 June 2022
• Or one that will look cool on their wrist at the beach club.
  — The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
• Just wrap it around the wrist and fasten with the two O-rings.
  — Lisa Boonestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• This is great news, and not just for our backs and our wrists.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
• The man also grabbed her wrists and arms and pushed her.
  — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2024
• Rosalie wiped the wetness of her eyes with the back of one wrist.
  — Okwiri Oduor, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
• One broken wrist has led to a lot of choices for the Sox.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2023
• Other than a $5 wrist band to drink beer for adults, the event was free.
  — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022
• The officer fired two shots at his chest and one in the wrist.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022
• Over the next few days my hand and wrist throbbed to the point of distraction.
  — Aliese Willard Muhonen, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022
• One of the reports detailed a burn to the consumer’s wrist.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 9 May 2022
• The next exercise, from the 1970s, is the barbell wrist twist curl.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 3 Sep. 2022
• The woman told police Wilkes had grabbed her by the wrist and choked her.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 18 Aug. 2023
• Ten full turns on the wrist will wind the watch to about three full days of power reserve.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
• The unit fits right in the phone pocket of our yoga pants and even comes with a wrist strap.
  — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 8 May 2024
• The surgery to amputate both hands above the wrist was performed on Aug. 1.
  — Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
• The teenager was shot in the wrist and the woman was shot twice, LaJoye-Young said.
  — Detroit Free Press, 20 May 2022
• Add a slouchy leather bag with a few bangles stacked on your wrist.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 23 July 2024
• Go vintage with a pair of satin gloves complete with bows at the wrist.
  — Town & Country, 6 Feb. 2023
• Time is clearly of the essence in the new release—and strapped to Gadot’s wrist is Hublot’s smartwatch.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2023
• The Dodgers brought him back in 1978, but a broken wrist sidelined him.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• Haskins was, how the ball just exploded with a flick of the wrist.
  — Bill Rabinowitz, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2022
• The male then grabbed the woman’s wrist and a struggle ensued.
  — cleveland, 18 Feb. 2022
• But a right wrist injury sidelined him on and off over the next month.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2022
• The two were on the trail when the mom slipped, injuring her leg and wrist, rescuers said.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2025
• Locke was hit twice in the chest and once in the wrist and was pronounced dead at a hospital.
  — Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2022
• The guardsman left the meeting not with a job but a set of handcuffs around his wrists.
  — Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
• Murray was found dead in the basement of the home with his wrists and ankles duct-taped.
  — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2024
• The pass was ridiculous — a subtle flick of the wrist sending the ball backward while driving in the opposite direction against two defenders.
  — Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
• There's also an IMU (inertial measurement unit), which gauges the three-dimensional spatial position of the wrist relative to the body.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 18 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 6 Mar 2025