TORSO in a Sentence

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For TORSO, below is one of 7 sentences:
In Dances with Snakes, the snake dancer wriggled sinuously and made her python writhe around her torso.

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 Meanings and Examples of TORSO
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
torso
 n.  body excluding head and neck and limbs
Classic Sentence:
1  Bahorel, replying to Bossuet, was just assuming an attitude of the torso to which he was addicted.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON
2  He was six feet high, his pectoral muscles were of marble, his biceps of brass, his breath was that of a cavern, his torso that of a colossus, his head that of a bird.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASS...
3  His thickset torso was supported by short sturdy legs, always incased in the finest leather boots procurable and always planted wide apart like a swaggering small boy's.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
Example Sentence:
1  In Dances with Snakes, the snake dancer wriggled sinuously and made her python writhe around her torso.
2  Players need to understand that the torso is the engine for the golf swing.
3  The footage appears to show security personnel restrain a visibly upset boy while they carefully cut the belt from the youth's torso in Kirkuk. Once the belt has been removed, the boy is scooped up and taken away.
4  He took off his shirt to reveal his tanned torso.