How to Use three-legged in a Sentence

three-legged

adjective
  • Instead of a three-legged race, there was a one-legged race.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 July 2023
  • Maybe the name is short for Pony Express Scripts, but even at that, a three-legged mule could make the trip in half the time.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Revered for guiding, the three-legged crow god surely had my back.
    Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
  • But in fact, the original three-legged piece was not an instant hit.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Retirement savings in the United States were long thought of as a three-legged stool.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
  • My therapist referred to our experience as the three-legged table: the mind, the body, and the soul.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The three-legged dog stretch works the hamstrings, calves, and shoulders like regular downward dog.
    Madeline Howard, Women's Health, 23 Feb. 2023
  • That same month, a three-legged bear pilfered some White Claw hard seltzers from a Florida family's outdoor fridge.
    CBS News, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Following her doctor’s visit, Sipe found a three-legged kitten while out picking up some produce at a farm and brought her home.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Stewart’s family had Dipper, a three-legged pitbull rescue, for more than 12 years.
    Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
  • While not as stable as other options, three-legged camping chairs can be lightweight and easier to transport.
    Jacqueline Laurean Yates, ABC News, 20 May 2024
  • Featuring a walking, talking, three-legged chair (as well as a mischievous magical cat) was also intended to amp up the comedy of the film.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The resulting three-legged, backward-paper-airplane warriors should help soothe concerns that AI, or perhaps the authors of this email, are coming for art directors’ jobs.
    Susan Howson, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Coatsworth’s three-legged cocker spaniel, Tubby, was the disaster’s only casualty: Though a bystander tried to grab the dog from the reporter’s car, the frightened pup nipped at his hand, leading the would-be rescuer to abandon his efforts.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
  • That’s especially challenging for Souta, who’s magically transformed into a three-legged children’s chair — a whimsical notion for a sidekick that proves surprisingly effective.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023

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