'spine' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'spine' with 3 example sentences.
- spine noun
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: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
: any sharply pointed projection
: a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
: the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
: a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
A shiver ran down my spine.
We were worried that the bullet would lodge in his spine.
Do you know why cacti have spines?