How to Use anatomy in a Sentence

anatomy

noun
  • We had to take a class on anatomy.
  • As if your anatomy did not limit your grip strength.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Even the anatomy of the eyelid crease changes with age.
    — Erica Metzger, Allure, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The answer lies in both its anatomy and the rocks it was found in.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Nor were they allowed to study anatomy or draw male nudes from life.
    — John Hooper, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020
  • This is the anatomy of discord.
    — Alaa Alqaisi august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Use your fingers to find the base of your cervix and get a feel for your anatomy.
    — Lauren Freedman, Health.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The nickname comes from his anatomy.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The anatomy bore hairs, sometimes teeth.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Due to the anatomy of the eye, a solar eclipse can damage it.
    — Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2024
  • The anatomy of any suicide is a painful one for the survivors.
    — Meg Medina, New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • And that was my way of teaching friends in college about their anatomy.
    — Lux Alptraum, SELF, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Human anatomy devotes more space in the skull to the brain than a chimp’s does.
    — Brian Resnick, Vox, 6 Dec. 2018
  • My first course in med school, like that of so many students, was human anatomy.
    — Susan T. Mahler, STAT, 18 July 2021
  • What was different, and unique, was the anatomy of pterosaurs.
    — Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2019
  • His podcast on the anatomy of a deal is also well worth a listen.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • This kind of clot is usually caused by a change in the local anatomy.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Freud to the contrary, anatomy is not destiny, at least not for more than nine months at a time.
    — Gloria Steinem, Time, 5 Mar. 2020
  • The reason that omicron is milder may be a matter of anatomy.
    — Carl Zimmer, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Great guard play and defense are the anatomy of a good underdog team.
    — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The normal dog anatomy has been kind of smushed into a smaller face.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
  • At one point, Clarence Thomas made comments about my anatomy.
    — Jill Abramson, Daily Intelligencer, 18 Feb. 2018
  • Nearby is a sketch, also in orange paint, of part of the male anatomy.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 5 July 2019
  • Trousers and dresses can be tailored to fit any body — anatomy is beside the point.
    — Washington Post, 21 May 2021
  • Her new collection took its cues from the anatomy of bows without the girly frills.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Like a video game, hit the reset button, throw a love tantrum, force round pegs to fit my square anatomy.
    — Tim Z. Hernandez, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2022
  • There is, for instance, a giant book of anatomy that takes three people to lift and move.
    — Stephan Salisbury, https://www.inquirer.com, 5 June 2019
  • That would be like saying that women are little more than their anatomy, and that's not the truth.
    — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 11 Apr. 2018
  • As dinosaurs evolved into birds, the changes in their anatomy evolved as well, Bhullar said.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2022
  • This isn't quite the case; the obliques are more than just the side abs of your core, both in terms of their anatomy and function.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 13 July 2023

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