Sentence examples for limb from inspiring English sources
The word "limb" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to an arm, leg, wing, or other part of a person's or animal's body which is attached to the trunk or main part of the body. Example sentence: The man had to have his leg amputated above the knee, leaving him with only one limb.
noun
A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
About 40% of the estimated 80 chimps in the area had limb mutilations which the researchers said were likely due to the use of snares.
The betrayal of one who agrees to put their life and limb on the line seems all the more egregious, as does the failure to maintain the duty of care.
To wipe out an entire limb might seem staggering – on a cover no less – but in this instance some critics chalked it up to angles, suggesting her arm was behind her head.
You might correctly point out that cyclists are too often the victims of the road and that motor vehicles are still the main danger to life and limb for cyclists and pedestrians alike.
For Pavlensky's protest is the latest in a long line of performance art pieces that have endangered life and limb.
The subject matter might seem bleak – drug addicts on sink estates, impoverished and abused children in the slums of Mumbai, a mountain climber forced to sacrifice a limb – but Boyle's films are never hopeless.
Strasbourg could hardly justify leaving the UK out on a limb.
As Heba Saleh and Simeon Kerr noted in the Financial Times last September: "Some of the features of Isis ideology, such as its hatred of Shia Muslims and application of strict punishments such as limb amputations, are shared with the purist Salafi thought that defines Saudi Wahhabism.
The remains included tongues, skin, male genitals and organs, as well as full skeletons, skulls and limb bones.
"DID AN IMAM REALLY USE ARABIC PRAYER TO COVERTLY DAMN FALLEN SEAL TEAM 6 MEMBERS TO HELL DURING THEIR FUNERAL?" I don't think I'm going out on a limb to say that the answer to that question is "no".
That Frenchman Arnaud Démare was clearly visible risking life and limb in the French champion's jersey only led to conspiracy theories doing the social media rounds.
