How to Use sternum in a Sentence

sternum

noun

• Start at the sternum and work up near the base of the neck.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
• The cause of death was a shot through the sternum that struck the aorta and lodged in the spine.
  — Matt Campbell, kansascity.com, 16 May 2017
• Place the heel of one hand at the bottom of the breast bone (sternum) at the nipple line.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2023
• She’s after the sternum, that bit of bone in the middle of your ribs.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 31 May 2018
• The surgeon had to cut her chest wide open from neck to the bottom of her sternum.
  — New York Times, 13 July 2022
• My puncture site had been a half-inch too close to the center, too near the sternum.
  — Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2015
• At the hospital, Duane was found to have a cut on the back of his head and a fractured sternum.
  — Alicia Lee, CNN, 18 Aug. 2020
• Many of the models were heaped with backpacks worn high on the back that pushed the sternum forward.
  — Vogue, 23 Jan. 2019
• Hays rubbed her knuckles against the girl’s sternum, then checked her pulse.
  — Maggie Prosser, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• Prior to that, Taurasi missed a month due to a fractured sternum.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 13 July 2021
• The tenders—the little slip of meat between the breast and the sternum—all go into a pile to be used in stir fry.
  — Outdoor Life, 8 Mar. 2021
• Next, run your knife, blade up, between your fingers, opening the gut all the way up to the sternum.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
• Prosecutors said one of the men was stabbed in the chest, his sternum cracked in the attack.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
• Later that month, Baribeau sawed through a man’s sternum near the edge instead of the midline.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
• The scar wound from my sternum, around my belly button, and just beyond the top of my jeans.
  — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2018
• Taurasi missed 12 games before the Olympics with sternum and hip injuries.
  — Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2021
• Push your heels into the floor and unrack it, holding the bar above your sternum with straight arms.
  — Greg Presto, Men's Health, 24 Apr. 2022
• My mother zipped up my dress, which sagged at the chest, exposing the bony knobs of my sternum.
  — Pamila Lew, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• He was stabbed in the chest and was found with a one-and-a-half-inch puncture wound in his sternum, the report says, Fox News reports.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2019
• As for fit, the pack stayed in place reasonably well on bike commutes, even in the absence of a waist and sternum straps.
  — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2020
• More Than Just Scaffolding The average adult body is armed with around 206 bones, from the scapula to the sternum to the sacrum.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
• Maymi tried a sternum rub on the man, checked for a pulse and signs of breathing, all with no response, the release said.
  — Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, 18 May 2017
• Stand facing a wall and place the ball under your collarbone at the sternum.
  — Kelly Dinardo New York Times, Star Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
• The bullet that hit his vest left him with a welt on his stomach, just below his sternum.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2023
• Lucky for us, Roe climbed into a pair of fly fishing waders and walked sternum-deep into Lake Huron to get the shot.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 19 Dec. 2020
• Taurasi, the league’s all-time leading scorer, had been out with a fractured sternum.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021
• And if your dog has a barrel chest, make sure your dog is on its back before putting one hand over the widest part of their sternum.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 7 June 2018
• The cancer had also metastasized to a lymph node in her armpit and her sternum.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
• The Maya were equally fond of cutting out the still-beating hearts of victims, accessing the organ either from below the diaphragm or through the sternum.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 June 2024
• That model includes information such as sternum height and arm length.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024