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  • verb Present participle of herniate.

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Examples

  • Or less herniating, at least, with a SEVENTY SIX POUND suitcase.

    Emerald City Abides | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009

  • Within seconds of their arrival on stage, it was clear there was an excruciating gulf between ARE Weapons' opinion of themselves – they were nearly herniating themselves trying to be confrontational, to give off a Suicide-like aura of druggy Lower East Side sleaze – and the actual sound they were making, which was simultaneously clodhopping and feeble in the extreme.

    The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows 2011

  • Lula contorts his face and pounds his small fist against his forehead, herniating himself to come up with the right answer.

    Tattoos on the Heart Gregory Boyle 2010

  • I ended up rupturing a couple of disks in my back and herniating a few more.

    Ten Minutes That Mattered: Verisign's Mark McLaughlin 2010

  • A horse fell on her, cracking her ribs, injuring her spleen and herniating a disk in her neck.

    USATODAY.com - Dutch rider dances to dressage gold 2004

  • “She was close to herniating through the tentorium,” said Roman.

    Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998

  • “She was close to herniating through the tentorium,” said Roman.

    Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998

  • But then, this was a genuine honeymoon paradise and the one thing its clients would demand was a decent bed; the clients of the Dunny pub were usually too drunk to object to herniating springs.

    The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

  • When I fell out of a tree (my safety rope caught me, but not before falling 10 'or so) herniating a disk in my lower back, I needed to see a chiropractor immediately and often.

    SEIU Jessica Kutch 2010

  • Faculty who have to slog through herniating piles of grading would have a reasonable objection to seeing colleagues who don't.

    Inside Higher Ed 2010

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