How to Use gluteal in a Sentence

gluteal

adjective
  • Ryu was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a gluteal injury after his last start April 30.
    J.p. Hoornstra, Orange County Register, 9 May 2017
  • My whole life, I’ve been saddled with more gluteal square footage than the typical guy.
    Ted Spiker, Esquire, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Most of the animals will get the vaccine in their gluteal muscle, which is their rear-end, hip or thigh area.
    Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Ryu left an April 25 start at Tampa Bay because of a strained right gluteal muscle.
    Ian Harrison, Star Tribune, 6 May 2021
  • Nets: Joe Harris missed his second straight game and won't play Sunday because of a left gluteal strain.
    Brian Mahoney, Star Tribune, 15 May 2021
  • Keeping your torso tall and core engaged, inhale and contract your gluteal muscles on the side with your knee on the ground.
    Outside Online, 21 Sep. 2020
  • By applying force to these cables, the system is able to assist the gluteal muscles in powering the legs.
    Jon Porter, The Verge, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The gluteal muscles are lifted and the outward extension is enhanced.
    Meggen Taylor, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Discomfort in the back can often be the result of weaknesses elsewhere, like the gluteal muscles and adductors, both of which are in your hips and legs.
    Popular Science, 16 Sep. 2020
  • She was struck in her upper gluteal area before the bullet exited, fracturing her sacral bones but missing the end of her spinal cord.
    Soo Youn, Washington Post, 26 May 2022
  • But there's another health risk from sitting all day that most people don't know about: gluteal amnesia, or dead butt syndrome.
    Anthea Levi, CNN, 9 June 2017
  • In the lead-up to the men’s singles competition at the Olympics this week, Rippon has been celebrated for his robust thigh and gluteal muscles, not to mention his tight abs.
    Karen Crouse, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Severe pain in the gluteal muscles could also point toward endometriosis.
    Suzannah Weis, SELF, 21 July 2021
  • It’s a gait pattern caused by unilateral weakness of the hip abductors, mainly the gluteal muscles.
    Colleen Gulick, Outside Online, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Lack of gluteal activation causes muscle imbalances and can lead to excessive forces at the back, knee, foot, and ankle.
    K. Aleisha Fetters, SELF, 31 July 2018
  • The records also confirmed she’d had multiple gluteal injections.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Some are given into the gluteal muscle, especially in children.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Standing Pretzel This classic barre exercise will challenge all three gluteal muscles, including your thighs.
    NBC News, 2 May 2018
  • Resistance-band exercises strengthen the hip muscles and activate the gluteal muscles.
    Jen Murphy, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Another method less commonly used is the insertion of gluteal implants, which are typically made of silicone.
    Lily Herman, Allure, 7 Aug. 2017
  • The procedures, more technically called gluteal fat grafting, involve injecting fat to enlarge or reshape patients’ buttocks.
    Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2022

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