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deltoid

[del-toid] / ˈdɛl tɔɪd /


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All of the X-Men were strong, their muscles etched from deltoid to abdomen to quadriceps.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2023

Mariners: LF Sam Haggerty is dealing with an isolated deltoid strain but is progressing, manager Scott Servais said.

From Washington Times Aug. 24, 2022

Haggerty underwent an MRI on Tuesday morning, which revealed “an isolated deltoid strain.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 23, 2022

A common example is the deltoid muscle of the shoulder, which covers the shoulder but has a single tendon that inserts on the deltoid tuberosity of the humerus.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

They would aim for the muscle that Tariq, in a professorial voice, called the deltoid.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

He’s fixated on a competition judge who, back in 2016, called his deltoids small.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2025

You hope this pleasant-seeming youth has a career to match the size of his deltoids and his daddy’s mouth.

From Washington Post Apr. 29, 2019

But the longer I was there, the more I seemed to thrive under the limitations, enjoying the pull in my deltoids as I beat things by hand.

From The Guardian Nov. 18, 2018

Another effective form of holding is to shoot the hands and grab the outside of the shoulder pads, just over the deltoids.

From Slate Sep. 13, 2012

When you see someone waving her arms, the first thing you want to know is whether she is trying to attract attention, shoo away flies, or exercise her deltoids.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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