How to Use thigh in a Sentence

thigh

noun
  • One teen was shot in the thigh.
    — ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • These fiery thighs are easy to make.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • My thighs were more sore than my face.
    — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Her thigh is out of place and shiny with oils.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • One of the men was shot in the thigh last week.
    — Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • He was shot twice, once in the right knee and thigh.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Her bare and scraped-up leg hung out from mid-thigh.
    — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Cross your right foot over your left thigh, just above your knee.
    — Kelly Dinardo New York Times, Star Tribune, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Shah had been shot in the upper thigh.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Your outer thigh should touch the floor.
    — Danielle Zickl, Health, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Dawodu was struck in the thigh.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Bake your chicken thighs on a wire rack.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Bake your chicken thighs on a wire rack.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Then Vic reached an arm across her thighs and rubbed.
    — Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Your inner thigh should touch the floor.
    — Danielle Zickl, Health, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Fox wore glasses and thigh-high socks.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Both chicken breasts and thighs work in this recipe.
    — Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The victim was shot in the chest and left thigh.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026
  • And the other shots hit her in her arm and her thigh.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • Loureiro had been shot in the chest, abdomen, and thigh.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The next day, my knee and upper thigh were swollen and bruised.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 3 June 2021
  • The report said his neck, chest and thigh area had been burned.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Her thighs hold him, and at the same time her hand is guiding.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Place the band in the fold of your hip joint, where the thigh bone meets the pelvis.
    — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2022
  • At your groin, just above the crease where the thigh meets the abdomen.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 July 2025
  • My calves and thighs often throbbed, my waist ached and my knees swelled.
    — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • Place your right ankle on top of your left thigh, just above the knee.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Silky pink ribbons were tied with a bow around the red thigh-high tights.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • On one slide, a nail tore his faux-leather pants from thigh to ankle.
    — Ahmir “questlove” Thompson, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
  • On the back of his thigh is a hole that pumps dark blood onto the cot.
    — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024

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