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'spine' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'spine' with 3 example sentences.


spine noun

: 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?
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