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How to use the word spine in a Sentence?

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She’s fatter than when she first came to us, but you can see the shape of her spine very clearly – it’s a physical deformity she will have to live with, but she’s doing well.

Edwin Wiek

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Malik Patt is Malik Patt, he executed innocent people and he shot others and his behavior and the crime spree he engaged in, literally, I just got chills up my own spine.

Orange County

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There was another dog a friend of mine wanted to adopt that I was willing to bring home. But then the veterinarian showed me his X-ray and he had shrapnel throughout his spine and he had to be operated on, this is a horrific, horrific situation that, you know, needs attention.

War Relief -RRB- Fine

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It’s certainly uncommon and something we see more commonly in societies that we wouldn’t consider liberal democracies or otherwise free societies, there’s obviously a certain chill that goes down the spine of anybody when this happens, and we’re going to see what the allegations are before I comment any more on that.

David Anber

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's exciting because it helps us understand how stegosaurs gradually acquired the features of their iconic body plan, bashanosaurus didn't have the giant plates extending along its back like Stegosaurus had ; instead it had much smaller, spine-like( armor), that arguably would have been more useful for defending itself against predators than the very thin but very flashy( armor) of Stegosaurus, which might have been more about display.

Susannah Maidment

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Dallas was such a special individual who is in one of my favorite bands of all time, we’ve lost a cornerstone of the label. The Sadies have always been the band to watch and hear out there for me. I am grateful to you, Dallas, for so many great shows, spine shaking music and good times. I’ll never stop listening.

Glenn Dicker

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It could have been a lot worse. When I saw the X-ray, I really nearly smashed my spine to pieces, so I literally wouldn’t (have) been able to walk.

Simon Cowell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We followed what indisputably looked like a spine and Paul discovered something further along that could have been a jawbone, i couldn’t quite believe it.

Joe Davis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It matters how our elected leaders regard life, think of civil rights legislation. It happened because political leaders had the spine to change the status quo.

Ryan Bomberger

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I got chills in my spine thinking about the idea that they can use the scenario of someone escaping something so tragic for a game, it brings me to tears. How is this okay ?

Najla Bassim Abdulelah

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We are devastated that the Supreme Court has refused to block a law that blatantly violates Roe v. Wade. Right now, people seeking abortion across Texas are panicking — they have no idea where or when they will be able to get an abortion, if ever. Texas politicians have succeeded for the moment in making a mockery of the rule of law, upending abortion care in Texas, and forcing patients to leave the state — if they have the means — to get constitutionally protected healthcare. This should send chills down the spine of everyone in this country who cares about the constitution.

Nancy Northup

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Night or day, who cares about the time? Feel the adrenaline rushing down the spine. Take a little chance, for it is the time to dance

Shah Asad Rizvi

added by shahasadrizvi
2 years ago

There are five Kundalini Circuits in the body. However, dark kundalini circuit which is associated with the 7 chakras in the spine can damage your nervous system. However, the Green Kundalini Circuit which is associated with 114 chakras in the body can bring ultimate bliss, peace, healing and harmony to the body.

Amit Ray

added by anonymous
2 years ago

From the few papers, case studies and articles I've seen, they look to be a very useful device, i'm in favor of them — the chest, neck and spine are all areas where you can get life-threatening injuries.

Richard Frampton

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Im not back to 100%. Im about 75% there, spine surgery is bad news ... Ive been in such a bad state with pain. Im still having a lot of pain. Nothing like it was -- there was a point I was telling to Sharon the other day, I was convinced that I was dying. I was in that much discomfort and pain and misery. I thought they were all hiding it from me.

Ozzy Osbourne

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment.

Don Henley

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

Warsaw are characterized by an elongated second dorsal spine, they're the only grouper with 10 dorsal spines ; all others have 11. Although adults usually occur in depths of 180-1700 ft, juveniles are occasionally seen around jetties and shallow-water reefs in the northern Gulf.

The FWC

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I have a bullet in my back. Fragment in it broke off near my spine, they say if we take it out, there's a possibility you could be paralyzed.

Kerry Lathan

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Her skeleton shows she lived a hard life, her spine [may] have suffered from hard labor, resulting in a spinal condition called Schmorls nodes .

Oscar Nilsson

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

He could not stand because his leg had been injured. He was being carried by soldiers at the military court where he has been arraigned when I saw him. He complained of pain in his spine, and we could see he has really been beaten.

Erias Lukwago

Found on CNN
5 years ago

[ It ] gets about 75 feet from the boat, it’s very obvious, we see just the head, the spine and the tail, and the tiger shark swimming right to the boat, so that thing came in … it was like that old cartoon, when the cat gets the fish and [ strips it clean ].

Captain Dave Bender

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We want to make them safe drivers. This one here is a tire tread. A lot of accidents happen in the Middle East because of a tire burst so we explain how to maintain the safety of their tire, and a lot of people move the head rest, but they don’t understand how that could impact your spine. So we have this machine to demonstrate how that could be fatal.

Nitasha Sharma

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We, along with a broad coalition of our industry peers, have asked federal officials to build a 'coastal spine,' a protective barrier.

Chevalier Gray

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If Nishant Yagnick were to lose Nishant Yagnick core balance during the lean and didn't catch the fall with Nishant Yagnick arms, Nishant Yagnick could hit Nishant Yagnick jaw, that might hyperextend the neck and cause serious spine damage.

Jose Garcia-Corrada

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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