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How to use pectoral in a sentence

17 example sentences · adjective, noun

Pectoral means of or pertaining to the breast, or chest. Example: “Clad in red robes and a gold pectoral cross, Agostini finally lowered his gaze as he crossed the marble floor.”

Examples of pectoral by meaning

adjectiveOf or pertaining to the breast, or chest.

  • the pectoral muscles
  • Clad in red robes and a gold pectoral cross, Agostini finally lowered his gaze as he crossed the marble floor.1985, Stephen Marley, Managra, page 14

adjectiveHaving the breast conspicuously colored.

  • the pectoral sandpiper

More sentences with pectoral

  • The fish also exhibited contractures of the pectoral fins and abnormal eye positioning suggestive of extropia.2015 June 8, Melanie May et al., “ZC4H2, an XLID gene, is required for the generation of a specific subset of CNS interneurons”, in Human…. From the entry extropia
  • Is this a lapsus digiti for first ray of the pectoral?1918–1921: Carl H. Eigenmann, Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, volume VII, № 5, “The Pygidiidæ, a Family of South American Catfishes”, page…. From the entry lapsus digiti
  • A female Rana pipiens showing the effects of 17 days' pectoral amplexation.1914, Albert Hazen Wright, North American Anura: Life-histories of the Anura of Ithaca, New York. From the entry amplexation
  • Dean wore his crushed silk vestock and starched linen collar, somewhat presumptuously with a large pectoral cross, made of nails.2017, George Pitcher, A Dark Nativity. From the entry vestock
  • Southern Plains metalsmiths produced horse gear, pectorals and crosses, earrings, finger rings, other jewelry, and decorative objects with German silver.1999, Daniel C. Swan, Peyote Religious Art: Symbols of Faith and Belief, University Press of Mississippi, page 63. From the entry metalsmith
  • Complete pectoral and pelvic bones show a deep subrectangular acromion on the scapula and a low obturator flange on the ischium.1998 November 13, Paul C. Sereno et al., “A Long-Snouted Predatory Dinosaur from Africa and the Evolution of Spinosaurids”, in Science…. From the entry acromion
  • In a more vigorous spyhop, the pectorals are exposed but are rarely brought completely out of the water.1986, Barbara C. Kirkevold, Joan S. Lockard, Behavioral Biology of Killer Whales, A.R. Liss, page 153. From the entry spyhop
  • The blue shark is long in almost all respects; long snout, long tail, long body, and especially long, curved pectoral fins.1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 126. From the entry blue shark
  • He wore only a thin-bretelled blue undershirt that rucked under his pectoral mass but stretched ceaseless across his myronic flanks.1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!. From the entry myronic
  • The plastral scutes are represented by a complete set including the gulars, extragulars, humerals, pectorals, abdominals, femorals, and four pairs of inframarginals.2013, Igor G. Danilov, Vladimir B. Sukhanov, Elena V. Syromyatnikova, “Redescription of Zangerlia dzamynchondi (Testudines…. From the entry gular
  • Growth patterns of clavicles, cleithra, opercles, medial nuchals, dorsal scutes, and pectoral fin ray sections have been compared in white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus.2004, B.G. Kapoor, Bhavna Khanna, Ichthyology Handbook, page 248. From the entry nuchal
  • The amplexation is pectoral, not axillary.1914, Albert Hazen Wright, North American Anura: Life-histories of the Anura of Ithaca, New York. From the entry amplexation
  • Myogelosis is a common diagnosis in the case of chronic pain conditions, especially in the region of the pectoral girdle musculature, the glutei muscles, and the erector spinae muscle.1999 July 1, A. Windisch, A. Reitinger, H. Traxler, H. Radner, C. Neumayer, W. Feigl, W. Firbas, “Morphology and Histochemistry of…. From the entry myogelosis
  • Although most alligatorids have ventral osteoderms, the American alligator usually has only poorly developed single osteoderms in the pectoral and midventral regions, if at all (Fig. 6C and D).1989, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Crocodiles: Their Ecology, Management, and Conservation, page 24. From the entry alligatorid

Meaning of pectoral

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest.
  2. adjective Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs.
  3. adjective Having the breast conspicuously colored.

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Questions about pectoral in a sentence

How do you use pectoral in a sentence?
Pectoral is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Clad in red robes and a gold pectoral cross, Agostini finally lowered his gaze as he crossed the marble floor.”
What is a short sentence with pectoral?
“the pectoral muscles”
What does pectoral mean?
Pectoral means of or pertaining to the breast, or chest.

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