Sentence examples for forearm from inspiring English sources

The use of barley as the ultimate foundation stone of measurement appears to be another universal element (alongside the forearm, the foot and the breadth of a finger), so that, for instance, you will find it underwriting the system of measurements used by the Vikings.

Anyone still interested should know the jobs are closed to those with tattoos on the face, neck or forearm, which are likely to make them more identifiable.

Eels front-rower Richie Fa'aoso could come under the scrutiny of the match review committee after a raised forearm on George Burgess momentarily stopped play late in the first half.

"I don't know the word," Louis van Gaal said, pointing to his forearm.

For instance, over in Sudan they give tuberculosis in the right forearm, whereas in Chad we do it on the left side.

I was still walking around with my forearm at right angles to my upper arm.

Twenty-four angulas make one hasta, which is one of the universal measurement units of mankind – the length of a forearm measured out to the extended middle finger.

And an unedifying pile the latter is too: how the climbers extracted flesh samples from Mallory's forearm for DNA testing, how they prised his head out of the frozen scree to take hair cuttings and how they felt compelled to sell photographs of the battered corpse around the world.

In his quarter-final against Mr Djokovic, the Serb made uncharacteristic lapses at the end of their five-set battle, and Mr Nadal was hampered by a back injury in the final.Tattooed onto Mr Wawrinka's inside left forearm is a quote by Samuel Beckett: "Ever tried.

Signs of torture were visible on the body, as well as gunshot wounds in the forearm and chest".Hasime Shabani was born in 1950.

Each had four or five German watches on his forearm, not as trophies from Stalingrad and Kursk, but for trade.