[
US
/ˈhæmˌstɹɪŋ/
]
[ UK /hˈæmstɹɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /hˈæmstɹɪŋ/ ]
VERB
-
make ineffective or powerless
The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules - cripple by cutting the hamstring
NOUN
- one of the tendons at the back of the knee
How To Use hamstring In A Sentence
- Wilson also dispensed with the ceremoniousness hamstringing Boston's other lyceums, such as their practice of staging elaborate quasi-military "Banner Marches," which they sometimes even performed before military veterans. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Harriet Wilson's Sunday School
- On the one hand, there is no medical evidence that hamstring injuries can be transmitted from person to person. Times, Sunday Times
- Calderon sat out the final quarter with what he called a hamstring cramp in Wednesday's loss to the Sixers in Philadelphia. Tsn.ca Top Stories RSS
- He is simply looking to confirm his recovery from a hamstring tweak sustained in the warm-up game against Halifax.
- The midfield player has been sidelined for the past month with knee and hamstring problems. Times, Sunday Times
- Highlights were arms, chest and hams with standout poses being side chest (full length, a view that captures separated hamstrings) and back double biceps.
- The primary muscles of the hip joint are the gluteus maximus and hamstrings.
- Ten metres from the line I saw Ray, twisted to dip and strained my hamstring.
- It was his first major-league game since Aug. 7, when he reinjured his left hamstring. A Day After the Storm, Sun Shines on the Mets
- The squat is one of the best exercises to develop and define the front of the thigh, glute and hamstring muscles.
