chin-up
Example Sentences
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"We also had a chin-up bar and would try to do maximum chin-ups. We were so lucky to have training buddies to push each other along."
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2023
Holding a bow steady at full draw is like hanging in a chin-up: It’s not something you can do for very long, over and over again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
An expectation to do that extra chin-up when your arms burn can and should coexist with an expectation to seek help when you’re experiencing depression.
From Slate ● May 31, 2022
On the outdoor gym equipment below the Taft Bridge, some exercisers made use of the chin-up bar, without gloves, ignoring signs stating that the equipment is closed because of covid-19.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2020
First I checked out Fang, standing in the bathroom doorway, one arm resting on the chin-up bar we’d mounted there a few years back to keep his pipes steely.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
