as in branches
a major outgrowth from the main stem of a woody plant
we hung the swing from the highest limb of the tree that we could reach
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For a quick, glow-boosting scrub, pour some of your go-to body wash onto the scarf, work it into a lather, and wash by wrapping the scarf around your limbs and moving it back and forth.
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Jenny Berg, Allure, 23 Dec. 2024
Other treatments put limbs in plaster casts to ensure immobility, and those patients did end up in wheelchairs or worse as their muscles atrophied beyond repair.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
Its powerful limbs and hands can be operated easily seeing via robot’s eyes that are equipped with cameras.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
On a Friday in early December, Hopkins dragged burly limbs from the path of the tractor-like machine that picks his cotton crop six rows at a time.
—Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Finally, through years of swimming at an awkward 45-degree angle, the turtle mostly used its fore flippers, which led to atrophy of the hind limbs.
—Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024
Santiago asked for his name and prison register number, and tried to distract him from the searing pain in his limbs.
—Christie Thompson, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
The bones used are those of cattle—in particular, metacarpals and metatarsals, which are found in the lower limbs.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
In fact, for some people, keeping their limbs closer to the ground will deliver more of a challenge.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 17 Dec. 2024
Jenny Berg, Allure, 23 Dec. 2024
Other treatments put limbs in plaster casts to ensure immobility, and those patients did end up in wheelchairs or worse as their muscles atrophied beyond repair.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
Its powerful limbs and hands can be operated easily seeing via robot’s eyes that are equipped with cameras.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
On a Friday in early December, Hopkins dragged burly limbs from the path of the tractor-like machine that picks his cotton crop six rows at a time.
—Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Finally, through years of swimming at an awkward 45-degree angle, the turtle mostly used its fore flippers, which led to atrophy of the hind limbs.
—Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024
Santiago asked for his name and prison register number, and tried to distract him from the searing pain in his limbs.
—Christie Thompson, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
The bones used are those of cattle—in particular, metacarpals and metatarsals, which are found in the lower limbs.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
In fact, for some people, keeping their limbs closer to the ground will deliver more of a challenge.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Limbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbs. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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