How to Use biceps in a Sentence

biceps

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  • You’ll be forced to squeeze your biceps deeply at the top of each rep.
    — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Then Pierce tore his biceps, and Jones had to step in for 29 snaps.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Thick of biceps, svelte of waist, gold of chain, and platinum of teeth.
    — Brennan Kilban, Allure, 27 July 2021
  • Walk into the gym to do biceps curls and your mind can drift.
    — Michael Easter, Men's Health, 1 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Why: Chin-ups work the biceps and lats and help improve grip strength.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2022
  • Push-ups work the triceps, biceps, chest, back and core.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 5 June 2021
  • He has been bothered by a right biceps strain for the last six weeks.
    — Zack Meisel, cleveland.com, 25 June 2017
  • The second victim had wounds to her biceps where she was stabbed with the fork.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2021
  • That's a job for some strong biceps and even stronger willpower.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Tatum, for his part, mostly brushed off the buzz about his biceps.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Because of the virus and a biceps injury, Ryan Groy will be out for the Chargers.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2020
  • The muscles in the shoulder and the biceps are working in this exercise to lift the weights in front of your body.
    — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 14 Oct. 2020
  • In the video footage, Garrett flexes his right arm and states his biceps are sore.
    — Tom Withers, ajc, 27 Sep. 2022
  • To forge biceps of steel, shoulder boulders, and broad back and chest muscles, this is the place to start.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Stanton started out on the IL April 1 with a left biceps strain.
    — Kristie Ackert, courant.com, 14 June 2019
  • Cabrera first injured his the biceps on April 29 and missed three games.
    — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2018
  • But when Bailey’s biceps was still sore, the Twins chose to give him an extra week of rest.
    — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The strength in the biceps was also the same, straightening and bending at the elbows.
    — Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Star outside linebacker Porter Gustin has missed the last two games with a torn biceps.
    — Eric Yates, ajc, 2 Oct. 2017
  • He was remade and reemerged in 2013 three feet taller, with bigger biceps, hands and head.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2020
  • At one point, the suspect had his mouth clamped on one of the officer’s biceps for more than half a minute.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Finnegan saw a return delayed this year with a left biceps strain.
    — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Leading the charge was the star himself, John Cena, who shared the video on Twitter to get the 2022 mood rolling with a close-up of his biceps.
    — Amber Dowling, Variety, 4 Jan. 2022
  • McAfee looks a decade younger than his 62 years, tan with frosted hair, rings in his ears and tattoos from back to biceps.
    — Dennis Wagner, The Arizona Republic, 23 June 2021
  • The guitarist, also shirtless, jumps up and down and pumps his biceps.
    — Karen Schoemer, SPIN, 1 May 2022
  • On June 5, the two met up and spent time building blocks, eating cake, and flexing their biceps.
    — Amanda Taheri, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2022
  • The guy with the tank top and biceps who seemed to be the leader nodded before conducting a quick smell-and-taste test.
    — Curtis Chin, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2022
  • Matt Ioannidis, who is out for the season with a torn biceps.
    — Daniel Oyefusi, baltimoresun.com, 4 Oct. 2020
  • The pump is why bodybuilders try to work in a few lifts or biceps curls right before stepping onstage.
    — William Neff, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022

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