How to Use dead lift in a Sentence

dead lift

noun
  • Teammates see his burst in practice, but also in the weight room during dead lifts.
    — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Hurts in particular excelled at the squat and dead lift, the two events that test your legs.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Howard said she’s been working out with a trainer and could now dead lift 255 pounds.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Two lower-body days include dead lifts, walking lunges and reverse lunges.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 19 May 2018
  • Heavy weights dropped after power cleans or dead lifts bounce vertically rather than side to side.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
  • The third and final portion of the split centers around leg workouts, which could include squats or dead lifts.
    — Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
  • But, done correctly, dead lifts produce tougher, more resilient backs and bodies.
    — Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Exercises like squats, leg press and dead lifts energize them.
    — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026
  • But there’s more to Brind’Amour’s preparation than dumbbells and dead lifts.
    — Cory Lavalette, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Squats and dead lifts were her primary focus, with an emphasis on heavier weights.
    — Dave Melton, Post-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2018
  • His own workout routine involves cable woodchops, dead lifts, body-weight squats, pull-ups, sit-ups and push-ups.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2017
  • The interviewer noted the weight listed for Snyder's dead lift, a hoist using the back and legs.
    — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • One of his big achievements is a 655-pound dead lift, meaning lifting a barbell with weights from the ground to just below the hips.
    — Elyse Samuels, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Gabe Kapler loves to dead lift 555 pounds, hoard statistical analyses and fire up his players.
    — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Multi-joint movements such as squats, dead lifts and lunges recruit several muscle groups at once, as opposed to isolated movements such as bicep curls.
    — Philly.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • On a lighter note, the president was said to have been seriously impressed when informed that Waller could dead lift 350 pounds.
    — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Unless … Unless James can juke Father Time and pull off another odds-defying dead lift for the ages.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Thus, Saladino and Harbour focused on power and strength training, especially in the upper body, with moves like dumbbell lifts, dead lifts, kettlebell walks, and butterflies.
    — Sarah Rense, Esquire, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Push-ups, sit-ups, and a 2-mile run were considered not holistic enough to meet the new requirements of war, so a six-exercise test was devised that incorporates exercises including a plank, dead lift, and sprint-drag-carry.
    — Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Standing compound exercises—such as the dead lift, lunge, squat, standing cable row, and battle rope waves and slams—engage the core, leg, and foot muscles for stability and balance, in addition to whatever their primary focus is, says Bracko.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2015

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