How to Use triceps in a Sentence

triceps

noun

• He felt a pain in his right triceps.
• That's where the triceps in the back of the arms come into play.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 14 Oct. 2020
• Push-ups work the triceps, biceps, chest, back and core.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 5 June 2021
• Make better use of your desk chair and sculpt killer triceps.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 9 Aug. 2021
• Trains force-bias power in the chest, triceps, shoulders, back, and core.
  — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2021
• Drive your right knee out and up toward your right triceps.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 5 Jan. 2022
• That's like spending an hour at the gym on nothing but your triceps.
  — Sonya Collins, Fortune, 6 May 2022
• Righthander Tyler Clippard was hit on the right triceps by a line drive off Whit Merrifield’s bat in the eighth.
  — La Velle E. Neal Iii, Star Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
• Then press up, locking your elbows to put tension on your triceps at the back of your arms.
  — Erin Beresini, Outside Online, 27 May 2015
• Safety Joyner, an eighth-year pro, suffered a torn triceps in the opener and was lost for the year.
  — J.p. Pelzman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021
• The dip is a great way to drive strength and muscle development in the chest, shoulders and triceps.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 2 Mar. 2022
• Your glutes, quads, and hamstrings are involved, but so are your back and traps, and even your shoulders and triceps.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 27 Oct. 2020
• Pineda, who started Thursday, was placed on the IL with a right triceps strain.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2019
• Grab the dumbbell with one hand, then place your upper arm (your triceps muscle) against your thigh—not on top of it.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 31 May 2023
• But Joyner tore a triceps in the opener and had surgery, ending his season.
  — Dennis Waszak Jr., courant.com, 23 Dec. 2021
• The Rangers announced that Scherzer suffered a right triceps spasm.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Detroit was forced to make the pregame pitching change after Teheran complained of tightness in his right triceps at the end of his warmup.
  — Tom Withers, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
• Slugger Frank Thomas was gone for the season with a torn triceps, and the Sox needed another bat in the lineup.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 6 May 2021
• The dip station can be used to build your triceps, chest, core, shoulder muscles, and overall body strength.
  — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 4 Sep. 2022
• Push-ups really work your chest as well as your shoulders, triceps, and core.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 12 Jan. 2022
• The bullet entered the back of his left arm, traveled through his triceps and into his chest and struck his heart, the autopsy found.
  — oregonlive, 6 Dec. 2021
• On the bent arm, keep your elbow tracking backward along your ribs to better target the triceps.
  — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2020
• He's been out all season with a left triceps strain and returns after a six-game rehab stint in the minor leagues.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2018
• The Browns have placed left tackle Joe Thomas on injured reserve with a torn triceps, the team announced Monday.
  — Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• Both were removed from the game -- Miley with a left groin strain and Logan with a left triceps/shoulder issue.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2018
• The cords of his triceps snap, and the tender skin under the arms dips to form a cavity, ripe with two tracks of hair, dark-black and disorderly.
  — Hurmat Kazmi, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021
• Expect to hit your chest, back, shoulders, triceps, and biceps.
  — Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF, 30 Dec. 2021
• Simple tennis balls are Anselm’s go-to for working out kinks behind the shoulder blades or in the triceps, forearms and calves.
  — Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 6 May 2021
• Bosa missed practice on ThursdayXXX due to injuries to his triceps and ankle.
  — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 9 Oct. 2020
• Similarly, with a chest press, your pectoral muscles may be doing most of the work, but your triceps are helping it along too.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 20 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024