leg

Example Sentences

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Seventeen runs from a maiden century, he scented six of them when Nathan Gilchrist dropped short, but his pull found only the hands of Dan Mousley at deep square leg.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

And with oil trading north of $100 a barrel and futures prices suggesting elevated energy costs well into the summer, there could be another leg lower for stocks over the near term.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

He replied that he has had seven back surgeries and at least 20 leg operations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The most recent work, Berenice Olmedo’s “Amalia,” a motorized sculpture of a leg made from medical prostheses, splints and braces, was created in 2021, a comment on difficulties faced by the disabled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

It was bad enough to be stuck there on that sharecropper’s farm; but to have a little daughter and a twisted leg, and not be able to do anything for her, hurt worst of all.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls