How to Use sacral in a Sentence

sacral

adjective
  • The sacral chakra is about passion, birthing life or ideas and creativity.
    Precious Lee, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2021
  • In this context, the noise and clamoring of the media, the fusillade of poisonous opinion mongering, the silence of the lamppost video felt almost sacral.
    Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The diagram, which resembles the top half of a human body, incorporates shapes to resemble each chakra, such as crown, sacral, and root.
    Nikhita Mahtani, Allure, 28 Oct. 2021
  • When Blake was 4, she was diagnosed with sacral agenesis, a form of spina bifida.
    Mckenna Oxenden, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Associated with the sacral chakra is the aura color orange.
    Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 15 July 2022
  • Not everyone has the standard 33 vertebrae: From top to tail, that’s seven cervical, 12 thoracic, five lumbar, five sacral and four coccygeal.
    Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2016
  • An anxiety disorder led to bulimia, which led to osteopenia (low bone density), which led to a sacral stress fracture and hip injuries.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2020
  • May provide spinal adjustment or address sacral or pelvic misalignment.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2022
  • According to the Mayo and Cleveland Clinic, a sacral dimple is generally harmless, does not cause any health issues or require further treatment.
    Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The men had been sharing their own struggles with depression and Cooper Jones, who was born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis, began to feel a moment of connection.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • She was also born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis.
    James Brown, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Seidel, a Wisconsin native who was a national track and cross-country champion at Notre Dame, had bypassed the 2016 Olympic trials because of a sacral stress fracture and checked into an intensive recovery program for eating disorders.
    BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2021
  • The sacral chakra is about passion, birthing life or ideas and creativity.
    Precious Lee, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2021
  • In this context, the noise and clamoring of the media, the fusillade of poisonous opinion mongering, the silence of the lamppost video felt almost sacral.
    Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The diagram, which resembles the top half of a human body, incorporates shapes to resemble each chakra, such as crown, sacral, and root.
    Nikhita Mahtani, Allure, 28 Oct. 2021
  • When Blake was 4, she was diagnosed with sacral agenesis, a form of spina bifida.
    Mckenna Oxenden, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Associated with the sacral chakra is the aura color orange.
    Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 15 July 2022
  • Not everyone has the standard 33 vertebrae: From top to tail, that’s seven cervical, 12 thoracic, five lumbar, five sacral and four coccygeal.
    Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2016
  • An anxiety disorder led to bulimia, which led to osteopenia (low bone density), which led to a sacral stress fracture and hip injuries.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2020
  • May provide spinal adjustment or address sacral or pelvic misalignment.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2022
  • According to the Mayo and Cleveland Clinic, a sacral dimple is generally harmless, does not cause any health issues or require further treatment.
    Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The men had been sharing their own struggles with depression and Cooper Jones, who was born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis, began to feel a moment of connection.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • She was also born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis.
    James Brown, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Seidel, a Wisconsin native who was a national track and cross-country champion at Notre Dame, had bypassed the 2016 Olympic trials because of a sacral stress fracture and checked into an intensive recovery program for eating disorders.
    BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2021

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