How to Use thorax in a Sentence

thorax

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  • Close clipped sections of Antron from his floor covering and used it to dub the thorax of the fly.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Each have six legs, three body parts (head, thorax and abdomen) and four wings.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Wheel bugs get their name from the shape of their thorax, the middle body segment where all legs and wings arise.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Then, once a bump begins to protrude from the thorax, the wing genes turn off and a new group of genes takes over to enlarge and sculpt the horn.
    — Erica Tennenhouse, Science | AAAS, 21 Nov. 2019
  • At the end of that chain, Hox genes turn on to specify the insect’s head, thorax and abdomen.
    — Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Crystals had started to progress over its head and thorax.
    — Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • By distorting the shape of the thorax, the orientation of the beating wings is changed.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2014
  • Key to the treehoppers’ unique style is their pronotum, the protective plate at the front of their thorax.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Typically, the head, thorax and legs are dark brown and the abdomen is brownish black.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • To keep the ants from wandering (or simply falling) off the treadmill, the scientists glued the thorax to a small pin.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2017
  • Beetles have horns on their heads and the midregion of their body called the thorax, which is broken into three segments.
    — Erica Tennenhouse, Science | AAAS, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Sánchez said the girl had been stabbed approximately 12 times in the area around her thorax, and the boy had 17 stab wounds in a similar area.
    — Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2021
  • This photo by Jake Barnum of bugwood.org, shows a queen ant's head and thorax after shedding her wings.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], AL.com, 20 Aug. 2017
  • On a recent Tuesday, his black-and-white leather jacket is designed to look like the skeletal structure of a thorax and arms.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Ms. Alaoui was shot in the leg and thorax while parked outside the cafe, Amnesty International said in a statement.
    — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2016
  • Authorities in Tachira said the second man killed was Luis Alviarez, 18, who died from a bullet wound in the thorax.
    — Christine Armario, The Seattle Times, 15 May 2017
  • These are a set of genes that help determine which segments of an embryo will become the head, thorax, abdomen, and so on.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
  • In another, a patient’s chest drain, a tube used to remove air, fluid or pus from the thorax, was dislodged.
    — The Economist, 28 June 2018
  • Rawls suffered gunshot wounds to her head, upper arm and thorax area during the shooting.
    — Sarah Horner, Twin Cities, 14 Feb. 2017
  • On Apatzingán Street, officers were summoned to open a sack that contained two legs, one thigh, and part of a thorax.
    — Seth Harp, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Black with black and white bristles, the species’ segmented body (including its thorax and its abdomen) is adorned in bold stripes.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Americans gussied up Sawyer’s fly with a peacock herl thorax and various kinds of legs.
    — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The dorsal side of her thorax is covered in bugs, perhaps parasites.
    — oregonlive, 1 May 2022
  • The colors reveal the wasp's anatomy: Its head and thorax glimmer in blue while its abdomen glistens in ruby red.
    — Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2011
  • While in flight, the female Aeshna juncea contorts so that her genitals, which are near the end of her body, connect with the male’s genitals, which are near his thorax.
    — Patricia Edmonds, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • The long bodies and stout thoraxes of dachshunds, for example, had to be taken into account.
    — Colleen Barry, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The parasite's method is diabolical: A fly dive-bombs an ant and quickly inserts an egg in the ant's thorax.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • With a yellow silk body, small thorax of beaver dubbing, and sparse Hungarian partridge hackle, the Partridge and Yellow is easy to whip up on the vise.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 2 Mar. 2020
  • The power of the impact is what may have propelled a giant stone block, which could be a doorjamb, onto the victim, crushing his thorax and pinning him beneath the ash for the next 2,000 years.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 31 May 2018
  • In insects, the thorax is made up of three segments, with wings reliably developing on the latter two.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 9 Dec. 2019

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