How to Use pelvis in a Sentence

pelvis

noun
  • The fall shattered her pelvis and hip.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
  • Push through your heels and lift the pelvis up to the ceiling.
    — Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2022
  • One of the shots struck the woman in the pelvis and killed her.
    — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Lee pushed the man to the ground, breaking his pelvis and a rib.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Keep your pelvis neutral, your chest high, and your back straight.
    — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2020
  • That, of course, is not normal since your pelvis is not a bar.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Place the band in the fold of your hip joint, where the thigh bone meets the pelvis.
    — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Some sprout trees from their heads, their necks, or even their pelvises.
    — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, ARTnews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Make sure your ribcage stays down and your pelvis doesn't rotate side to side.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • For this form, sit on the floor with both knees bent and set to one side of your pelvis.
    — Justicia Declue, Philly.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Ina was small from age, her spine bent and her chest caved in toward her pelvis.
    — Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • His spleen was ruptured and his pelvis broken in five places.
    — Town & Country, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Her pelvis was injured, the state report says.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Brace your abs and slightly tuck your pelvis forward.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Keep the fingers on the ribs and the pelvis, and walk around for a few minutes.
    — Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Planks work muscles in the neck, shoulders, back, thighs, pelvis and legs.
    — Ebony Williams, ajc, 7 Apr. 2022
  • This cue creates more of a tilt to your pelvis that will stretch out the hamstrings more.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 20 July 2022
  • The pain in my pelvis is like a monster eating at my insides.
    — Kirsten Slyter, Bon Appétit, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The fall broke his pelvis, shattered his left leg and fractured his wrist, skull and jaw.
    — New York Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The hamstring muscles stretch from the pelvis to the shin bone, down the back side of the thigh.
    — Men's Health, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The top of her head was black and blue from having pushed against her mother’s pelvis for hours.
    — Amber Leventry, Longreads, 29 June 2018
  • Friesen suffered a fractured right leg and a broken pelvis.
    — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The sacroiliac joints are in the hip, where the spine and pelvis connect.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2022
  • Their pull on the pelvis can flatten out the lumbar spine causing low back pain.
    — Orthocincy, Cincinnati.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The femoral head is part of the femur at the top of the thigh that connects the leg to the pelvis.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 18 Aug. 2025
  • In the Bourdais crash, the forces were so high, the foam fractured his pelvis.
    — Brody Miller, Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2017
  • Ariel coming out of the sea, and drops her pelvis right onto Michael’s crotch.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Then, as a bonus, the baby gets heavier and starts to move down through your pelvis in the third trimester.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 31 Jan. 2019
  • Tilt your pelvis forward, keeping your hips steady, and bend both knees toward the floor.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Mohammad was shot in the head and Faheem was hit in the pelvis.
    — ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026

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