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Example Sentences

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Cox had expected to have three horses in the Derby but the barn was hit with some bad news on Thursday morning, when Fulleffort was scratched due to a chip in his left hind ankle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

An army of people would spend a week or two searching for tiger tracks and making tracings or plaster casts of the left hind foot.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

For nearly 20 minutes, the lynx remained absorbed in the behaviour, at times standing on its "hind legs with its gaze fixed on the rodent", he said.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

At the time of the eclipse, the moon will be in the constellation Leo, under the lion’s hind paws.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

He pointed two fingers, and the dogs began to run around him in a perfect circle; a closed fist then directed them to rise to their hind legs and yip.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray