appendage

Example Sentences

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Not everyone understood that Mary’s outflung left arm isn’t some randomly flailing appendage but a gesture pregnant with meaning—multiple ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

It is a device that reduces stroke risk for AFib patients by sealing the left atrial appendage, which is where stroke risk starts.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

What’s important is understanding how human hands can grasp an object, and then extrapolating that to whatever synthetic appendage has been chosen, she added.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 27, 2025

He played with a small cast on his left hand and was even using that bandaged appendage to stiff-arm defenders.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

“Europe,” said Madame Szegeczowska, in her soft French, “is essentially an economic appendage of the Northern Region. We know it, and it doesn’t matter.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov