How to Use shin in a Sentence

shin

1 of 2 noun
  • Feet bones are for kicking and shins are for being kicked.
    — Mia Mercado, The New Yorker, 2023-06-22
  • At one point, the man kicked Wilcox in the shin, Wilcox said.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2022-02-11
  • Turn the feet outwards and rest the front of your shins down onto the mat.
    — Women's Health, 2023-03-09
  • Your foot and ankle will follow the swivel of your shin.
    — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 2022-08-09
  • Flexing the foot brings the toes closer to you and toward your shin.
    — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 2022-06-09
  • In the first video, Kardashian showed a close-up of her shin.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 2024-01-31
  • Areas to strike: top of somebody’s foot, the front of somebody’s shin.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 2024-10-31
  • To stabilize his foot, he had been fitted for a brace that ran up the length of his shin.
    — Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 2021-07-02
  • That's a nondrying, yellow oil rendered from cow legs — the shin and foot bones but not the hooves.
    — Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 2022-11-21
  • But this is also a team and a fan base that has been repeatedly kicked in the shins.
    — Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 2025-01-25
  • The framed nylons ad, in which a model rolled the shadow of a stocking up her shin.
    — Jessi Jezewska Stevens, Harper’s Magazine , 2022-09-28
  • Have your partner place their hands on the floor outside of your legs and one shin at a time into your hands.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 2022-02-12
  • Fenton also wrote Rodriguez kicked the reporter in the shins on the street.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 2023-05-25
  • Cade Cunningham is out for the season with a fractured shin.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 2023-03-12
  • Below, 26 shin-grazing leather midi skirts that get the street style seal of approval.
    — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 2022-09-19
  • When Tikka got out, Miller kicked him in the shin, punched him in the back of the head or neck, and stepped on his head.
    — CBS News, 2024-08-15
  • This leads Trixie to march into Lucifer's penthouse and kick him in the shin.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 2021-05-28
  • How to Do It: Step inside the trap bar, aligning your shins with the center of the bar.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 2023-08-07
  • Now Kauffman has 24 tattoos, from a large flower on her palm to a spiky Garfield flail on her shin.
    — Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 2023-07-27
  • The bottom portion had a see-through netted skirt, which hit at the shins and had a high-slit that started at the top of Heidi's left thigh.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 2023-06-12
  • India stayed healthy until the Field of Dreams Game in August, when he was hit by a pitch in the shin.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 2023-02-16
  • Jose Siri may need a stint on the IL after fouling a ball off his left shin on Saturday night.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 2025-04-14
  • Jenny Shin of Torrance High School won back-top-back crowns in 2008 and ’09.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
  • At the Spring/Summer 2025 Iceberg show, models' shins, calves, and feet got the tromp l'oeil treatment.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 2024-09-19
  • However, this particular squadron has a habit of driving their Handlers mad, as its leader, Shin, is known as the Undertaker.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • How to Get There Shin-Osaka Station is a major rail hub and is serviced by the Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen.
    — Kim Kay, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The film follows Do-woon (Shin Seung-ho), a priest raised in the church who, during a confessional, learns that his mother might have been murdered — and that a dangerous group may be behind it.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Characters like Kylo Ren, Rey Skywalker, Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati, among others.
    — Alexander Cox, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Rental Family is produced by Eddie Vaisman, Julie Lebedev (Sight Unseen), Hikari, and Shin Yamaguchi.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Shin Bet, long aware of Hamas' tactic of using Israeli SIM cards to evade detection, understood the potential threat and passed on the information to the IDF Southern Command.
    — Yaakov Katz, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025

shin

2 of 2 verb
  • Jump your feet forward so your knees are below your hips, shins off the floor.
    — Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 7 July 2023
  • This length is most often used by mountaineers due to the use of taller boots that can rub against your calves and shins more dramatically.
    — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Raise both arms directly over your shoulders and lift your thighs directly over your hips, with knees bent and shins parallel to the ground.
    — Jenny McCoy, Outside, 30 Jan. 2026
  • While Fan waited for her number, two shinning dragons, one silver and one red, danced in the middle of a large crowed that had assembled in the square.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The pediatrician also observed that the boy had injuries on his thighs and shins consistent with being hit by a belt that was found in the apartment.
    — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The shimmer catches the light in all the right places—think collarbones, shoulders, and shins—while the summery scent options evoke beach days with notes like coconut, sunflower, and pineapple.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 19 June 2026
  • The thick outsole is durable against even the toughest terrain, and the thick, 100% synthetic material protects your feet and shins against wear and tear to stand the test of time.
    — Annie O'Sullivan, goodhousekeeping.com, 10 June 2023
  • The levante is the easterly blow favored by windsurfers that causes heavy swells, casts apocalyptic clouds, and gives shins an unwanted microdermabrasion.
    — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024
  • Kaufman, 13, trains in Muaythai, a combat sport and martial art from Thailand that allows fighters to use their fists, elbows, knees, and shins to hit, grab, or sweep their opponents.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
  • With the winter sun shinning brightly and a chilly breeze ruffling aquamarine Mediterranean waters just beyond the camp’s edge, the family soon got down to sharing a meal — traditional bread with lentils and ruby red tomatoes.
    — Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024

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