THIGH in a Sentence

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A painful, burning sensation on the outer side of the thigh may mean that one of the large sensory nerves to your legs.

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 Meanings and Examples of THIGH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
thigh
 n.  part of the leg between the hip and the knee
Classic Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1  Then suddenly he slapped his thigh in a paroxysm of amusement.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2  Ten years since the pool had been dredged and a thigh bone recovered.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
3  Fumbling in his mind for something to say to the adorable lady, he chose the first thing that came handy; the story of the sheep's thigh.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
4  An then he slipped on Bestwood Hill, on a slide as the lads ad made last winter, an broke his thigh, and that finished him, poor old man, it did seem a shame.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
5  His head had been shattered by a savage blow from some heavy weapon, and he was wounded on the thigh, where there was a long, clean cut, inflicted evidently by some very sharp instrument.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
6  He had already, in spite of the rain, taken off his overcoat in order to do his delicate task, and so, as he fell, his knife gashed his thigh.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
7  Stanley Hopkins swore between his teeth, and struck his thigh with his clenched hand.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
8  Pavel Petrovitch gave a slight start, and clutched at his thigh.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
9  Suddenly a smallish dog seized my left thigh with its teeth and would not let go.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER X
10  Thanks to the delay caused by this crossing of the wolf's path, the old dog with its felted hair hanging from its thigh was within five paces of it.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V
11  The cook, with her thigh broken by a shell splinter, had been carried into the kitchen.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV
12  The pitiful groans from all sides and the torturing pain in his thigh, stomach, and back distracted him.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXXVII
13  In the end I deemed that it would be best to draw the keen blade that hung by my sturdy thigh, and keep them from all drinking the blood at once.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XI
14  Fountain nymphs," he cried, "children of Jove, if ever Ulysses burned you thigh bones covered with fat whether of lambs or kids, grant my prayer that heaven may send him home.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVII
15  Mercury himself had endowed him with this gift, for he used to burn the thigh bones of goats and kids to him, so he took pleasure in his companionship.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIX
Example Sentence:
1  The blood ran away and empurpled her thigh.
2  I wasn't badly hurt, but I injured my thigh and had to limp.
3  A painful, burning sensation on the outer side of the thigh may mean that one of the large sensory nerves to your legs.
4  Cycling is one of the best ways to firm up your thighs.