How to Use anterior in a Sentence

anterior

adjective
  • But even more important is to make sure your pelvis isn’t in an anterior tilt.
    — Jay Dicharry, Outside Online, 26 Apr. 2021
  • For my surgery, the anterior approach, entry is from the front of the hip.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Put your hands above your head to stretch the psoas muscle, opening up the anterior portion of the hip.
    — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Then drop it down and then reach over and up with the same arm, creating the stretch for the anterior aspect of the hips.
    — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 17 June 2022
  • This includes the anterior chains at the front of the body and posterior chains at the back of the body.
    — Tiffany Ayuda, Health, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The doctors found a blockage on the left main artery or the left anterior descending artery of the heart.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 6 July 2021
  • While seated, rotate slightly to one side to open up the anterior aspect of the chest.
    — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 14 July 2022
  • The timeline of 6-9 months that has been laid out is usually for an anterior tear.
    — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • In the little skate, the hoxa genes were active in both the posterior and the anterior parts of the fin.
    — Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 30 May 2023
  • Flex your toes toward your head to stretch the anterior ankle ligaments.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The anterior wall, which is home to the famed G-spot, is sometimes discussed but perhaps not explored enough.
    — Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
  • David Cronenberg’s new short film opens with a partial, anterior view of a woman’s face.
    — Erik Morse, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The snake then examined the anterior parts of the hare, biting and pulling a front leg, before also biting its head.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
  • The anterior commissure is a tract connecting the two hemispheres (halves) of the brain.
    — New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2025
  • At the moment the ice water sippers got brain freeze, the anterior cerebral artery dilated to let blood rush through the brain.
    — Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2012
  • The culprit is a small sliver of tissue, buried deep within the fold running down the top of the brain, called the anterior precuneus.
    — Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2023
  • Medics found a hard, bullet-like object in the woman's right lower anterior thoracic wall below the right breast.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 21 Apr. 2020
  • This pectoral stretch targets the anterior aspect of the shoulder.
    — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Tight hip flexors pull your pelvis forward into what’s known as an anterior tilt, forcing your hamstrings to brace to keep you upright.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The abs are part of the anterior kinetic chain that runs up and down your body, which means that engaging the quads helps to activate the abs, too.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Zac died of an enlarged heart with fibrosis of the left anterior papillary muscle.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2021
  • In Jack’s case, the blockage occurred in the left anterior descending artery.
    — Tom Avril, Philly.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The plyo pushup also requires a greater focus on the serratus anterior muscles—the wing-like muscles along the rib cage.
    — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Foley, 30, had surgery to repair the anterior capsule in his right shoulder.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
  • So no one should go rushing off to find out how to alter the activity of neurons in their anterior cingulate.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 30 Apr. 2022
  • The muscle that performs this motion is the tibialis anterior, located along the front of the shinbone.
    — Aubrey Bailey, Pt, Dpt, Cht, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The light passes through your eye’s anterior cavity (full of fluid known as aqueous humor), and then enters your pupil.
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 19 Aug. 2025
  • In raccoons, these neurons are present only in the insula and not in the anterior cingulate.
    — Kelly Lambert, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The hoods have an opening at the anterior end, and there's a layer of water between the surface of the hoods' interior and the shrimp eyes.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022
  • Another type goes into the front inside part of the nostril, called the anterior nares, about as far as someone would stick their pinky finger in to pick their nose.
    — Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 15 June 2020

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