torso
the trunk of the human body.
a sculptured form representing the trunk of a nude female or male figure.
something mutilated or incomplete.
Origin of torso
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How to use torso in a sentence
Likewise, Britax advertises that its “Side Impact Protection surrounds your child’s head, neck and torso,” a claim that the investigators said “appears designed to mislead consumers.”
Congressional Investigation Finds Many Booster Seat Makers “Endangered” Children’s Lives After Review of “Meaningless Safety Testing” | by Patricia Callahan | December 11, 2020 | ProPublicaMaui Now reported last month that a 35-year-old California woman suffered severe torso injuries in an apparent shark attack off the coast of that island on Thanksgiving Day.
Man dies after shark attack that put Hawaii surfing competition on hold | Des Bieler | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostAt the very least, look for coats that go past your hips, so warm air can surround your torso.
Sometimes variations in riders’ torso and inseam lengths are to blame.
The motors are ranged from low to high frequency, which is how your inner ear is also arranged, so we’re taking the inner ear and transferring it to the skin of the torso.
Your Brain Makes You a Different Person Every Day - Issue 91: The Amazing Brain | Steve Paulson | October 14, 2020 | Nautilus
She tugged on the black rope that wrapped around his thighs and torso, her leather gloves creaking with each adjustment.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau | Ian Frisch | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom the torso, the Lift claims the ability to better sense the true culprit of bad posture: the neck and shoulders.
The repetition of that became as tastelessly titillating as showing us a torn arm or a decomposing torso.
Every time he breathed, he felt pains all through his torso—fractured ribs.
The Cost: What Stop and Frisk Does to a Young Man’s Soul | Rilla Askew | May 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had skinny legs and bloated ribs fanning from his torso like an accordion strapped to his chest.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ | Eileen Cronin | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe thick torso of a man who squatted like a toad could be seen partly emerging from the shrubs.
The front legs stretched, and stretched, while the torso seemed to pull in on itself, shrinking in the death agonies.
The Jewels of Aptor | Samuel R. DelanyHe was stripped to the waist, his jacket in shreds, his compact torso white and gleaming.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellHe reached a hand toward the cutout, the torso of which still bulged upward from the desk.
The 4-D Doodler | Graph WaldeyerBroken columns, marble capitals, here, there and everywhere at the bottom of the lake—here a head and there a torso!
Serapis, Complete | Georg Ebers
British Dictionary definitions for torso
/ (ˈtɔːsəʊ) /
the trunk of the human body
a statue of a nude human trunk, esp without the head or limbs
something regarded as incomplete or truncated
Origin of torso
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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