How to Use pelvis in a Sentence

pelvis

noun

• One of the shots struck the woman in the pelvis and killed her.
  — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2022
• Place the band in the fold of your hip joint, where the thigh bone meets the pelvis.
  — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2022
• Push through your heels and lift the pelvis up to the ceiling.
  — Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2022
• Lee pushed the man to the ground, breaking his pelvis and a rib.
  — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
• The hamstring muscles stretch from the pelvis to the shin bone, down the back side of the thigh.
  — Men's Health, 16 Aug. 2022
• The cancer has been found in my spine and pelvis as well.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2021
• Keep the fingers on the ribs and the pelvis, and walk around for a few minutes.
  — Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2019
• Make sure not to tuck your pelvis or rock back and forth.
  — Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2018
• The sacroiliac joints are in the hip, where the spine and pelvis connect.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2022
• The second his pelvis hit the stage, the stadium roared.
  — Tess Garcia, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Apr. 2023
• Keep the pelvis stacked and steady throughout the movement.
  — Angela Peterson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2018
• In the Bourdais crash, the forces were so high, the foam fractured his pelvis.
  — Brody Miller, Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2017
• For this form, sit on the floor with both knees bent and set to one side of your pelvis.
  — Justicia Declue, Philly.com, 28 Feb. 2018
• DeAndre Thomas, who was 15 at the time, was struck in the pelvis.
  — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
• That, of course, is not normal since your pelvis is not a bar.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
• Keep the pelvis tucked down, and lean slightly forward.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 9 Jan. 2023
• His brother-in-law was hit once in the pelvis and survived.
  — Laurence Du Sault, ProPublica, 7 July 2022
• The first shot to Joseph Rosenbaum fractures his pelvis.
  — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 19 Nov. 2021
• This cue creates more of a tilt to your pelvis that will stretch out the hamstrings more.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 20 July 2022
• Make sure your ribcage stays down and your pelvis doesn't rotate side to side.
  — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• Then, as a bonus, the baby gets heavier and starts to move down through your pelvis in the third trimester.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 31 Jan. 2019
• A straight girl, with the strength of merlot, will stand in front of you, stick her pelvis out and rub it on you.
  — Jim Farber, New York Times, 24 June 2017
• Ariel coming out of the sea, and drops her pelvis right onto Michael’s crotch.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
• Again, don’t move your body and keep your pelvis level.
  — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 26 Mar. 2020
• Keep your pelvis neutral, your chest high, and your back straight.
  — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2020
• The patient was getting a CT of his abdomen and pelvis.
  — New York Times, 8 Sep. 2021
• Planks work muscles in the neck, shoulders, back, thighs, pelvis and legs.
  — Ebony Williams, ajc, 7 Apr. 2022
• Her pelvis was too small for safe labor, the doctor said.
  — Washington Post, 6 May 2022
• While exhaling, lower your face and chin to look at the ground while curving your spine toward the ceiling and bringing your pelvis inwards.
  — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 12 Sep. 2024
• But any kind of exercise or even just everyday movements that involve shifting your pelvis could cause some air to get sucked up there…and then get squeezed back out (maybe noisily so).
  — Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Mar 2025