TORSO in a Sentence

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Example sentences for TORSO, such as:

1. He took off his shirt to reveal his tanned torso.
2. Players need to understand that the torso is the engine for the golf swing.
3. Bahorel, replying to Bossuet, was just assuming an attitude of the torso to which he was addicted.
4. 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.