Example Sentences

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On the neck, two triangle diamonds the size of almonds sit between the collarbones, mirroring each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023

Healed injuries—broken collarbones, fractured foot bones, and cracked vertebrae—matched the kinds of damage a kicking horse might inflict, or what sports medicine doctors today see in riders thrown from their horses.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 2, 2023

"I don't have collarbones, so I can touch my shoulders together under my chin," says Karen Hunt.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2022

While recovering, DeGray, who was 53 at the time, learned from his doctors that he was permanently paralyzed from the collarbones down.

From New York Times • May 12, 2022

He lay on his bed dressed in blue jeans and a T-shirt, a small man with scarred and wiry arms and prominent collarbones.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French