How to Use lat in a Sentence

lat

noun
Definition of latnext
  • Your arms should be straight and your lats pulled back.
    — Alexa Tucker, SELF, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Perez, the Tigers' top prospect, has been out with a right lat strain since March.
    — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2018
  • Cueto has been on the IL with a Grade 1 right lat strain since April 15.
    — Michael Wagaman, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Stick to your glutes, quads, hamstrings, calves, traps, and lats.
    — K. Aleisha Fetters, SELF, 21 July 2018
  • Your shoulders should be pulled down and back, locking in the lats, at the bottom of the lift.
    — Erin Warwood, Women's Health, 24 July 2023
  • One of them landed on the disabled list with a strained right lat.
    — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 May 2018
  • The Tigers announced in March that Perez, 20, would miss at least three months with a right lat strain.
    — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2018
  • Engaging your lats also helps to keep the weight close to the body.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 7 Aug. 2023
  • For the Angels, the strained body parts are a biceps, a groin, a lat, a hamstring and an oblique.
    — Jeff Miller, Orange County Register, 2 May 2017
  • Smith had surgery Monday to repair a Grade 3 lat strain, and is out for the rest of the season.
    — Matthew Defranks, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 July 2018
  • Move your body weight on a foam roller to loosen up tightness in your quads, calves, lats, and more.
    — Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2019
  • With your lats spread, try and rotate slightly to touch your left elbow to the right knee.
    — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 25 July 2023
  • Liang told the women to squeeze their lats, and follow from their back muscles, not their arms.
    — Nicole Tsong, The Seattle Times, 29 July 2018
  • Cueto last pitched April 14, then was sidelined by a strained right lat.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 9 May 2021
  • Today that means sets of pullups in a weighted vest, which will rock his lats and forearms.
    — Kristine Thomason, Men's Health, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The team said deGrom had inflammation in his right lat and wouldn’t throw for the next few days.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 5 May 2021
  • Add these three moves to your morning or evening routine to train and maintain your lats, abs, and glutes.
    — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 22 May 2018
  • Kennedy had season-ending knee surgery, and a lat strain sidelined him for most of the 2019 season.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Lat Pull-Down Grab a lat pull-down bar, with your hands shoulder width apart and your palms facing away from you.
    — K. Aleisha Fetters, Outside Online, 19 June 2019
  • Well, only Cole and Cortes stayed healthy, with Severino the latest to go down with a lat strain.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Howard, acquired from Philadelphia in 2021, had missed the first two months of the season with a lat strain.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 10 June 2023
  • Last year, Steven Matz, another of the Mets’ young pitching prodigies, missed many weeks with a tear of his lat.
    — Michael Powell, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2016
  • That includes your pectorals (chest), lats (the broad muscle on the sides of your mid-back), triceps, and the muscles around the shoulder blades.
    — Isadora Baum, SELF, 16 Mar. 2019
  • Luis Severino has yet to throw a pitch in a game this season and is still weeks away from his return from a right lat strain.
    — Kristie Ackert, courant.com, 14 June 2019
  • Keep your lats engaged and arms hanging at your sides, and ground through your right foot to maintain your balance.
    — Megan Falk, Women's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Asked why the reliever wasn’t being used, Nevin said Tepera had been dealing with a knot in his lat.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • While abroad, Neal said, Wallen tore his lat (the latissimus dorsi, a muscle in your back that connects to arm movements).
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • Stand with your back to a machine with a pulley (like a lat pulldown or mixed cable machine).
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 3 Feb. 2020
  • As his right hand firmly clutches your right hand, his left hand runs from your tricep to your lats, searching.
    — Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Lawnmowers force you to pull the kettlebell from the floor and pull the weight across your body, putting the lats through a range of motion that rivals that of any gym machine.
    — Men's Health, 23 June 2023

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