How to Use foreleg in a Sentence
foreleg
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Front chairs support the forelegs.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Any creature that stepped in it would trigger a spring that lashed the loop around its foreleg.
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Colin Thubron,
The New York Review of Books,
8 Feb. 2024
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Curled at the forelegs is a smaller camel’s carcass, likely its offspring.
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Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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Three in the forelegs (the humerus, radius, and ulna) and two in the hind legs (femur and tibia).
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
14 Oct. 2026
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That explosion will raise his chest at the same time that his forelegs will claw up into the air again to gain another apogee in the next stride’s arc.
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Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Along the way, small pools of water pocked the road, and mud splattered up from Brown Beauty’s forelegs against her sides and against Revere’s boots and buckskin pants.
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Kostya Kennedy,
Time,
16 Feb. 2026
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Nini was naturally close to the ground, like a giant thoughtful rat, owing to his disproportionately short forelegs.
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Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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As a woman waded through the waters around the Bridge Side Marina in Bridge Isle, Louisiana, the tiny canine with a fluffy white coat wiggled his forelegs as if swimming, video of the cute moment shows.
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Erika Angulo,
NBC news,
11 Oct. 2026
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