drumstick

Example Sentences

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Much like that final drumstick you probably shouldn’t have eaten, equities spent last week digesting their gains.

From Barron's • Dec. 7, 2025

The researchers found that in birds, the tibial joint surfaces have curved arcs, and the shortened fibula is able to roll within the bird's drumstick for about its length relative to the tibia.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

"Remember Burkes," I said while tearing into a drumstick, "I would be satisfied if I had some of those . . ."

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2024

Some 75.3 million years ago, a dinosaur swallowed the Cretaceous equivalent of a turkey drumstick.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023

Then, with the terrible luck of such toys, I lost one drumstick.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez