How to Use hind in a Sentence

hind

noun
Definition of hindnext
Synonyms for hindnext
  • The dog grabbed the agent’s left arm and stood on his hind legs.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The dog's hind legs were almost caught by the razor wire.
    — Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2023
  • In this instance, the fact that bears can walk on their hind legs didn’t hurt.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Skin around the hind knee, and make a slice up the rear leg, along the rump roast, diverting around the tailbone.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Yet they have been forced to grab the hind legs of the CFP cash cow and hold on, together, for dear life.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Soon, a wolf pounced upon the dog, biting his hind leg.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 22 Nov. 2022
  • As adults, grizzly bears can weigh up to 500 pounds and stand up to 8 feet tall when on their hind legs.
    — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 10 Sep. 2023
  • For a touch of added flair, the robot can also briefly stand up on its two hind legs.
    — Popular Science, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In the image, the cub is standing on its hind legs to look above the blossoms for its mother.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Jan. 2023
  • First, the two front legs were made fast to the frame, then the two hind legs were stretched almost to the limit and tied to the opposite end of the frame.
    — Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The species is able to climb upside down, hang from branches with its hind feet and climb down trees head first.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Thread the gambrel through the natural holes in the hind legs (between the bone and thick tendon) and hoist your deer.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Their hind tracks have larger, longer pads with five fingers and claws.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Prizes include a side of beef, hind quarter and front quarter.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The video shows one of the bears getting onto its hind legs before using its paw to turn the handle of the home’s front door.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 17 May 2023
  • Doctors also said the pup would never use her hind legs again.
    — Doc Louallen, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Squirrels stand on their hind legs and fix me with hard stares, like miniature critics.
    — Harvey Dickson, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In the video, the animal is standing on its hind legs and sliding up and down against the side of a tree with its front legs raised above its head.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Sea otters have strong hind limbs and webbed feet, which frees their paws for finding and grabbing food on dives.
    — National Geographic, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The bull’s two hind legs fall on each side of Joe’s body, a miracle in motion that spares Joe’s spine from getting crushed.
    — Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Its hind limbs are shorter, like in an early whale, and its tail looks like a giant paddle.
    — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2022
  • The bear stands on its hind legs with what some might call suspiciously good posture.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
  • His head was downhill, his left front leg was twisted up in the air, and his rear hind leg was caught between the left front leg and his barrel.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 19 Oct. 2023
  • In the post's second video, Beckinsale holds out bite-size treats for the young fox, who balances on its hind legs to pull food scraps from her hand.
    — Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022
  • The horse was then suspended over the barrier, with its front legs on one side and its hind legs still inside its stall.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The 4-year-old fell to her side near the 3/16 pole with labored breathing and died on the track, suffering from severe weakness in her hind limbs.
    — Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2023
  • The heeler then tries to rope both hind legs, with a penalty being assessed if only one foot is caught.
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 28 Feb. 2023
  • According to the Guinness World Records, Zeus was 44 inches tall and 7 feet, 4 inches on his hind legs.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Kerns said that the shot paralyzed Dixie in her hind legs, at which point Palmer can be seen firing at least three more shots.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 8 July 2023
  • Wild on Ice, the long-shot winner of the Sunland Derby, was pulled up on the backstretch Thursday with an injury to his left hind leg.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023

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