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
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
The second silver-medalist—the surgeon—adopted a chin-up, impassive look, the same stoic face he wore on the golf course.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 1, 2019
“Captivity and capture built and maintained the town, forged Detroit’s chin-up character.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2017
Although she was a former softball player who had wrestled the controls in airplanes in the worst weather conditions, she could not pull her body weight up to the chin-up bar.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
