thigh

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Recent Examples of thigh The briefs on these shorts fit like actual underwear and don’t dig into my thighs. Renee Cherry, SELF, 8 May 2025 On stage with her family last night, Bey wore a Loewe crystal white and black-piped cowboy shirt and a flowing ruby red check skirt, with flaming thigh high cowboy boots. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 May 2025 Plus, the shorts have an elastic waistband and three pockets: two in the front and one hidden on the thigh. Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2025 In fact, the cost of thighs has crept steadily upward for years now, and surpassed that of breasts for much of last year. Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for thigh
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thigh
Noun
  • What’s happening 155th Silver Spurs Rodeo: Events include bull riding, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, barrel racing, team roping, calf roping and steer wrestling.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
  • Moose calves are born in a three- to four-week window from the end of May to mid-June and will often lie in the willows while mom is off grazing.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • With a stream up to his shins, Glover poked a shot back into the fairway and eventually made bogey.
    Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 17 May 2025
  • In the photo, Ventura is wearing a shorter dress, and a bruise could be seen on her right shin.
    Alice Gainer, CBS News, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • There’s the Levi’s x Sacai denim jacket featuring the same custom sunspot gold shanks based on vintage Levi’s hardware, the Levi x Sacai Denimx Matelasse twill reversible blouson, and two variations of the Reversible Blouson, available in indigo x black or blue x khaki nylon exteriors.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 19 May 2025
  • To make birria without a stovetop, lamb shanks are cured in salt and pepper for 24 hours, seared on induction burners, braised overnight in the oven with guajillo chiles, tomato, vinegar and spices, kept warm in a sous-vide machine, then crisped in the oven before service.
    Priya Krishna, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025

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