dead arm

noun

informal temporary loss of sensation in the arm, caused by a blow to a muscle

Words Nearby dead arm

dead ahead
dead air
dead-air space
dead-and-alive
dead and buried
dead arm
dead as a doornail
deadass
dead-ball line
deadbeat
deadbeat dad

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How to use dead arm in a sentence

The arm of the river (named the dead arm) upon which this refreshment wharf lay, appeared asleep, so feeble was the current.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume IV (of 8) | Guy de Maupassant
She burst into tears, turned from him, and clung to the dead arm of the old oak.
Cradock Nowell, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Richard Doddridge Blackmore
The applications of bordeaux mixture recommended for black-rot are valuable in preventing the dead-arm disease.
Manual of American Grape-Growing | U. P. Hedrick
Myrtocleia took the dead arm and laid it flat along the hip.
Ancient Manners | Pierre Louys

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