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  • noun Plural form of rhomboid.

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Examples

  • The rhomboids are the muscles in between the shoulder blades.

    THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009

  • The rhomboids are the muscles in between the shoulder blades.

    THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009

  • Near me was a strange case of palsy of the muscles called rhomboids, whose office it is to hold down the shoulder-blades flat on the back during the motions of the arms, which, in themselves, were strong enough.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 Various

  • Near me was a strange case of palsy of the muscles called rhomboids, whose office it is to hold down the shoulder-blades flat on the back during the motions of the arms, which, in themselves, were strong enough.

    The Autobiography of a Quack 1899

  • Near me was a strange case of palsy of the muscles called rhomboids, whose office it is to hold down the shoulder-blades flat on the back during the motions of the arms, which, in themselves, were strong enough.

    The Autobiography of a Quack and the Case of George Dedlow 1871

  • These include: the pectoralis major/minor, subclavius, and subscapularius, while the opposing mucles, (such as rhomboids in the mid back area) become weakened and over stretched.

    Baltiblogs Paul Segraves 2010

  • No matter how many spot paintings there are – tondos, triangles, squares, rhomboids and rectangles with corners cut off – there will always be more words spilled over them.

    Full circle: the endless attraction of Damien Hirst's spot paintings 2012

  • After innumerable quasi-rhomboids and tetra-dodecahedra, scientists were puzzled to see several totally new shapes believed not to be possible in 3-Dimensional Euclidean space.

    365 tomorrows » 2009 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • Cut the halva into 2cm x 1cm rhomboids or diamonds, or just crumble it over the clementines.

    Salad scheherazade recipe | Allegra McEvedy 2012

  • Three gold rhomboids stretch over the tabletop through the window in back of his father.

    A Pair of Allowances Bennett Elliott 2010

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