breech
Example Sentences
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This is known as a breech birth and is rare.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025
A mother has been reunited with the medics dispatched to her home when she started to deliver her breech baby.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2023
Grant said one of the more challenging, if less bloody, scenes involved an effort to rotate a breech baby by applying manual pressure to a pregnant belly.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2023
In a quick response, the U.S. team member told the Ukrainian to remove the gun’s breech at the rear of the howitzer and manually prime the firing pin so the gun could fire.
From Washington Times • Jan. 28, 2023
“I see. Ball lodged in the breech, sir?” he asked.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
