hips

Example Sentences

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Hyaline cartilage is smooth and slippery, allowing joints such as the knees, hips, shoulders, and ankles to move freely.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

As I ambled past groups doing yoga and vacationing families lounging on the grass, pain started to radiate through my ankles and up my shinbones before settling uncomfortably in my hips.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Zidane, tracking the star-patterned leather like a skeet shooter, hips coiled, unloaded a gold-medal hit.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

I have terrible hips — bursitis and everything — and they hurt so bad that I thought maybe I broke a bone or something.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

With her hands on her hips, she stood there looking at him.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls