How to Use thorax in a Sentence

thorax

noun

• Close clipped sections of Antron from his floor covering and used it to dub the thorax of the fly.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2018
• Each have six legs, three body parts (head, thorax and abdomen) and four wings.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022
• Wheel bugs get their name from the shape of their thorax, the middle body segment where all legs and wings arise.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 6 Oct. 2022
• Then, once a bump begins to protrude from the thorax, the wing genes turn off and a new group of genes takes over to enlarge and sculpt the horn.
  — Erica Tennenhouse, Science | AAAS, 21 Nov. 2019
• At the end of that chain, Hox genes turn on to specify the insect’s head, thorax and abdomen.
  — Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2020
• Crystals had started to progress over its head and thorax.
  — Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
• By distorting the shape of the thorax, the orientation of the beating wings is changed.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2014
• Key to the treehoppers’ unique style is their pronotum, the protective plate at the front of their thorax.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2020
• Typically, the head, thorax and legs are dark brown and the abdomen is brownish black.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
• To keep the ants from wandering (or simply falling) off the treadmill, the scientists glued the thorax to a small pin.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2017
• Beetles have horns on their heads and the midregion of their body called the thorax, which is broken into three segments.
  — Erica Tennenhouse, Science | AAAS, 21 Nov. 2019
• Sánchez said the girl had been stabbed approximately 12 times in the area around her thorax, and the boy had 17 stab wounds in a similar area.
  — Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2021
• This photo by Jake Barnum of bugwood.org, shows a queen ant's head and thorax after shedding her wings.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], AL.com, 20 Aug. 2017
• On a recent Tuesday, his black-and-white leather jacket is designed to look like the skeletal structure of a thorax and arms.
  — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2018
• Ms. Alaoui was shot in the leg and thorax while parked outside the cafe, Amnesty International said in a statement.
  — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2016
• Authorities in Tachira said the second man killed was Luis Alviarez, 18, who died from a bullet wound in the thorax.
  — Christine Armario, The Seattle Times, 15 May 2017
• These are a set of genes that help determine which segments of an embryo will become the head, thorax, abdomen, and so on.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
• In another, a patient’s chest drain, a tube used to remove air, fluid or pus from the thorax, was dislodged.
  — The Economist, 28 June 2018
• Rawls suffered gunshot wounds to her head, upper arm and thorax area during the shooting.
  — Sarah Horner, Twin Cities, 14 Feb. 2017
• On Apatzingán Street, officers were summoned to open a sack that contained two legs, one thigh, and part of a thorax.
  — Seth Harp, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
• Black with black and white bristles, the species’ segmented body (including its thorax and its abdomen) is adorned in bold stripes.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
• Americans gussied up Sawyer’s fly with a peacock herl thorax and various kinds of legs.
  — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2020
• The dorsal side of her thorax is covered in bugs, perhaps parasites.
  — oregonlive, 1 May 2022
• The colors reveal the wasp's anatomy: Its head and thorax glimmer in blue while its abdomen glistens in ruby red.
  — Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2011
• While in flight, the female Aeshna juncea contorts so that her genitals, which are near the end of her body, connect with the male’s genitals, which are near his thorax.
  — Patricia Edmonds, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
• The long bodies and stout thoraxes of dachshunds, for example, had to be taken into account.
  — Colleen Barry, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2018
• The parasite's method is diabolical: A fly dive-bombs an ant and quickly inserts an egg in the ant's thorax.
  — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
• With a yellow silk body, small thorax of beaver dubbing, and sparse Hungarian partridge hackle, the Partridge and Yellow is easy to whip up on the vise.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 2 Mar. 2020
• The power of the impact is what may have propelled a giant stone block, which could be a doorjamb, onto the victim, crushing his thorax and pinning him beneath the ash for the next 2,000 years.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 31 May 2018
• In insects, the thorax is made up of three segments, with wings reliably developing on the latter two.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 9 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 21 Aug 2024