How to Use muscle in in a Sentence

muscle in

verb
  • Garcia has a strained muscle in his left hand.
    — Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
  • Tense and release the muscles in your feet and legs.
    — Vicki Glembocki, Parents, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The cub felt like gristle, taut, like a spasmed muscle in my arms.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
  • As the handles reach your chest, squeeze the muscles in the center of your back.
    — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
  • Build muscle in style by pairing the bottoms with a loose tank that shows off your gains.
    — India Roby, Glamour, 4 June 2026
  • The pathways in the brain are similar to the muscles in our body.
    — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Strengthening the muscles in your legs and around your knees can help reduce knee pain.
    — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 8 June 2026
  • House lawmakers flexed their muscles in other ways, too.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The upper arms are constantly in a state of motion, which tones the muscles in use.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
  • Hernandez suffered a strained oblique muscle in his left side in just his second game back.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
  • Reed had torn a thigh muscle in Game 5, forcing him to sit out Game 6.
    — Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 18 June 2026
  • This is good news for drivers, who get some muscle in dealing with Uber and Lyft.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
  • So the muscles in my shoulder were not used to doing these movements with a very heavy bow; strained my shoulder.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
  • If the balmy temperature inside the park isn't warm enough for you, soothe your muscles in one of the hot tubs.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2026
  • If there is a tackle to be won and a player to be out-muscled in the hopes of advancing the play along the way?
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • The soleus is a muscle in the calf, and is especially good as using glucose in the blood stream.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Either player would provide the muscle in the middle that the Hawks lack.
    — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 23 June 2026
  • In May, the Gossip Girl alum showed off Reynolds' muscles in a thirst trap.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • Overhead Press The overhead press builds muscle in the shoulders, arms, and chest.
    — Jenessa Connor, Health, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Bottom line, a skier has to trust every muscle in their body to perform as intended.
    — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Still, your abs only make up one piece of the puzzle — your core includes muscles in your pelvis, hips, lower back and abdomen.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The 29-year-old, who lives in Texas, sustained a concussion and strained muscles in her ankle and neck.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
  • His cancer treatment led to scarring that thickened the muscles in his throat and made swallowing difficult.
    — Jason Kane, NBC news, 6 May 2026
  • Jase Bowen keeps flexing his muscles in the Pacific Coast League.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
  • Russia appeared to be flexing its military muscle in a show of force with its latest aerial onslaughts on Ukraine.
    — ABC News, 13 May 2026
  • Because the muscles in this area are not overly exerted, their tendons don't toughen (which is why a tenderloin is so tender).
    — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The acids in coffee boost your gut’s production of gastrin, a hormone that prompts the muscles in your colon to contract and kickstart bowel movements.
    — Allison Forsyth, Health, 12 June 2026
  • Sanders’ go-to exercise activates muscles in your core and hips to help prevent the above inefficiencies.
    — Sarah Klein, Outside, 10 Feb. 2026
  • During the video, Wahlberg also dropped another key piece of advice for people who want to gain muscle in a certain area of their bodies.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Bodyweight Squats Squats work some of the largest muscles in your lower body, including your quadriceps, hamstrings, and glutes.
    — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 11 June 2026

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