English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "ruggraat" is:die reeks bene wat van die skedel tot by die bekken strek, wat die rugmurg omsluit en beskerm en ondersteuning bied vir die liggaam; ook genoem die werwelkolom'n rigiede, gepunte struktuur wat soos 'n ruggraat lyk, soos die middelnerf van 'n blaar of die veerpen van 'n veerdie hoofstruktuurdeel van 'n boek, vanaf wat die bladsye aangeheg en gebind is; ook genoem die ruggraatmoed, krag of vasberadenheid, veral in die aangesig van moeilikheid; dikwels gebruik in die frase "staal (of yster) ruggraat"

Sentence Examples

  1. Her warm, soft hands slipped up underneath it, splaying over his skin, sending frissons of pleasure up his spine.
  2. But he anticipated it and drove his knee into my spine.
  3. A cobalt wolverine creature, with elongated spikes all along its spine.
  4. Once the initial shock of my surroundings wore off, I stretched and grunted at the crunch in my lower spine from sleeping on the firmest mattress known to man.
  5. A creeping feeling crawled up my spine, and I glanced over my shoulder.
  6. Even so, she felt a tingle of apprehension at the base of her spine.
  7. A shiver runs up my spine as I feel those cold black eyes upon me.
  8. My spine arched, and every hair on my body stood on end as the shock rippled through me.
  9. Cold sweat trickled down her back, tickling her spine.
  10. She also noticed the fine white scars across his back, littering the length of his spine.