Sentence examples for bend the limb from inspiring English sources
'Flexor' muscles contract to bend the limb, and 'extensor' muscles contract to extend the limb.
Many compound bows cannot be safely strung without a specialized "bow press" to hold the bow in place and bend the limbs in the appropriate position.
On sandpaper, a claw at the wrist engaged irregularities and propelled the animal forward; during thrust the shoulder rotated towards the body and the wrist did not bend keeping the limb fully extended.
The following press release was issued today by the European Southern Observatory. 100 years ago, two expeditions set out for Principe Island off the coast of Africa and Sobral in Brazil to observe the 1919 solar eclipse, with the goal of testing general relativity by seeing if starlight would be bent around the limb of the sun, as predicted by Einstein.
In human beings it is characterized by involuntary bending of the limbs and a spasmodic avoidance movement of the head.
One could also stimulate the lowering of the CoMgl by asking the patient to further bend the lower limb while reaching as far as possible with the free limb.
The wood of the bending part of the limb ("dustar") must endure intense shearing stress, and denser woods such as hard maples are normally used in Turkish bows.
If the limbs do not bend equally, shave the side that bends the least a little thinner so the finished crutch is symmetrical.
The music starts and the dancers bend, torsos and limbs tortuous and twirling, moving slowly into what appears to be a vine's tendril, or the twisted trunk of a tree.
Samsa becomes a pop-culture sensation -- 1920's flappers bend their limbs to a new dance, "the Gregor".
