How to Use breech in a Sentence

breech

noun
  • When the baby’s bottom or feet are down, this is called breech.
    — Sarah Klein, Health.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • It can also be used to help encourage a breech baby to turn head-down.
    — Maria Carter, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Vardaman tied her hair back and zipped a pair of fringed black suède chaps over her gray riding breeches.
    — Ingfei Chen, The New Yorker, 29 May 2019
  • The first patient was a pregnant woman in distress with a breech birth.
    — John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 May 2018
  • Read on to learn more about moxibustion and how it can be used with breech babies.
    — Maria Carter, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
  • In light of the breeches, his credit for season two was removed.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • No breech plug and fewer parts means cleaning and maintenance are a breeze.
    — Brad Fenson, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The lever is connected to the breech bolt by a long, wide, curving piece of metal.
    — Bryce M. Towsley, Outdoor Life, 9 Dec. 2020
  • The guns are commonly identified by the thick band of iron around the breech (base) of the gun.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Mar. 2022
  • In comes the cornet flanked by his right- and left-hand men, all three in ties, top hats, green frocks, breeches and boots.
    — Yannic Rack, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024
  • Snick that little bottom lever and feel the silky-smooth breech block drop down to expose the dark chamber.
    — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 2 Mar. 2020
  • The baby was breech, which upped the anguish and the risk during delivery.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • So there was Glen, a veteran road warrior, filling the breech.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Christine broke open her shotgun and dropped two shells into the breech, preparing to move in and flush the birds.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2020
  • The third weapon, the huge gun with the large yellow breech cage, is a M102 howitzer.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2016
  • Put another way, 1848 was the breech birth of the modern world.
    — James Robins, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Their son was in a breech position and the doctor didn’t want to risk complications.
    — Susan Young, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Tie a small rag to one end (or make one out of paracord strands), drop the other end down the breech and through the muzzle, and pull through.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Their son was in a breech position, and the doctor didn’t want to risk complications.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 24 Aug. 2023
  • British soldiers had moved him outside and stripped him of his breeches, when his captors received orders to kill him, too.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
  • Finding out that your baby is in a breech position with their feet or bottom facing down can be stressful.
    — Maria Carter, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Out of sight, the gunner fires the gun and the breech block slides backward—straight toward the camera—ejecting the casing.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2015
  • Most artillery shells are sent downrange by the detonation of a propellant charge in the breech of the gun.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The infant is in a breech position, meaning their buttocks and feet come through the vaginal opening first.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 15 Sep. 2023
  • By the time the ambulance arrived, paramedics were able to help deliver the second baby boy, who was breech.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
  • The flowers along the hike include trout lily and Dutchman’s breeches, a district news release said.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • That was Wilson, the genial leather-breeches maker, shoving a soldier to his knees.
    — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • One of their amniotic sacs had ruptured, while the other baby was in the breech position.
    — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
  • The birth was difficult; the baby was breech, her face was upturned, and the umbilical cord was wrapped firmly around her neck.
    — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The patient’s waters had broken, the baby’s heartbeat was dropping fast, and the child was in the breech position.
    — WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023

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