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'limb' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'limb' with 5 example sentences.


limb noun

: one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper

: any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

: (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet

: either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip

: the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles

: any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm


  • He ran as fast as his limbs could carry him.
  • His limbs were nearly frozen.
  • Like a typical vertebrate the human has two pairs of limbs.
  • In this tree, there is an apple on every limb.
  • I don't want to go out on a limb.
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