noun
definition
The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
definition
A stud or pin which forms a journal.
verb
definition
To hit a wrist shot
Examples of wrist in a Sentence
She sprayed the perfume on her wrist and coughed.
He grabbed her wrist, his eyes flashing fire.
He'd torn his wrist for her to feed.
He caught her wrist, and a strange energy moved up her arm.
He gripped her wrist hard, lowering his head.
Before she could draw her wrist away, he pierced it.
He grasped her wrist with his one free hand but she used the other.
He sliced his wrist, and her attention turned immediately to thick liquid bubbling against his olive skin.
Jessi opened her eyes and took his wrist, placing his hand at her neck again.
A simple choker adorned her neck, a diamond tennis bracelet her wrist and she wore silver strappy heels he thought he had seen on Sarah.
The wrist felt as if it were not his.
She fingered the small teal evening purse hanging around her wrist, where her cell phone was.
Instead, he gripped her sword wrist and moved behind her.
Jonathan secured his wrist, shook a pillow from its case and pulled the cloth over Dean's head.
His warm fingers circled her wrist and the foot came down, making room for her on his lap.
Two obeyed and moved forward, slicing his wrist for her again.
The creature twisted her wrist and squeezed, capturing her blood in a small vial.
She placed her wrist to Rhyn's mouth, willing him to awaken, to drink her.
The woman was unconscious, her severed wrist wrapped in Katie.s sweater.
Lana shoved herself back, ignoring the pain in her wrist as adrenaline flew threw her.
Lana awoke in the large tent, wrist aching and her face hurting where she'd been struck.
He staggered, and she snatched his wrist, hauling herself up.
In other instances, notably in the lemurs, but also in certain carnivora, rodents and marsupials, they occupy a position on the fore-arm near the wrist, in connexion with glands, and receive sensory powers from the radial nerve.
Alex patiently consoled and distracted her while the nurse taped a padded board to her hand and wrist so she couldn't move it.
This leash, attached to your wrist, bears most of your weight.
At first she said nothing but when he tried to rise, she grabbed his wrist and held it, her long nails cutting into his flesh.
She looked up at him from her hurt wrist, pain in her brown eyes.
Abdomen Wrist come to be furnished more and more with fibres that are fully myelinate.
The sleeves are everywhere long and are sometimes fastened with one or two buttons at the wrist.
His religion requires the Sikh to carry five articles - kes, the knot of hair on the head; the kanga, a comb; the kard, a knife; the kach, a pair of short trousers peculiar to the Sikh; and the khara, an iron bangle on the wrist.
In the treatment of stiffened joints, massage under water is very serviceable, and in the so-called Aix douche a nozzle from which water continuously streams is fastened to the wrist of the masseur, so that a current of water is constantly playing upon the joint which he is rubbing.
The women's dress is a smock with sleeves loose to the wrist, where they fit tightly.
They rode on mules with gilded bridles, rich saddles and housings, carrying hawks on their wrist, followed by an immense train of attendants.
In all the groups which are at present arboreal, the palaeontological evidence goes to show that their ancestors were likewise so; while since, in the case of modern terrestrial forms, the structure of the wrist and ankle joints tends to approximate to the arboreal type, as we recede in time, the available evidence, so far as it goes, is in favour of Dr Matthew's contention.
The carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist of man, is commonly called the " knee " of the horse, the joint between the metacarpal and the first phalanx the " fetlock," that between the first and second phalanges the " pastern," and that between the second and third phalanges the " coffin joint."
He pulled the knife from his pocket, flipped it inward, and sliced into the tender flesh of his wrist.
He grabbed her wrist, about to give her a lecture on appropriate behavior, but instead said, "Screw it" and locked eyes with her.
He snagged her wrist as she dropped into the invisible portal to the immortal world.
With apparent satisfaction, she released Xander and placed her bloodied wrist to Xander's mouth.
This time, when she placed the bloody wrist to his lips, he sank his fangs into it.
The stranger touched her other hand to the bloodied wrist, and the wounds healed.
He placed his bloodied wrist at Charles' lips.
He beats the batsman 's slash outside off stump, before jamming one into the batsman's left wrist.
I sighed and studied the luminous dots and lines on my wrist.
The Signal Strobe is chunky and comes with a long wrist lanyard.
Aluminum control bar comes complete with wrist leash safety system.
Whilst it is a large watch it is very comfortable to wear and does not feel obtrusive on the wrist.
The wrist bone of a giant panda 's front paws is enlarged to form a ' false ' thumb.
Other factors are the wrist posture and shape while working, table height, the angle of the elbows, and repetitive motion.
Preventing RSI The thermal wrist protector is a great way to combat RSI.