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01. The child lost a [limb] in an accident while playing on the train tracks.

02. A couple of large [limbs] fell off the tree during the storm.

03. If injured, a starfish can actually grow back a lost [limb].

04. He lost all feeling in his [limbs] for a few minutes after falling and hitting his head.

05. We need to find a good strong [limb] on the cherry tree to hang the tire swing from.

06. Too many people have lost a [limb] or lost their lives to landmines.

07. He lost three [limbs] in the Vietnam War when he stepped on a mine.

08. Crabs can escape danger by simply leaving an injured or trapped [limb] behind.

09. Squid have ten [limbs], whereas an octopus has eight.

10. A Fijian Proverb suggests that idleness is to be dead in the [limbs], but alive within.

11. A German Proverb states that you are still a slave if only your [limbs] are free.

12. Over 25,000 people have lost an arm or a leg to landmines in Angola, but the country is so poor that only a lucky few receive artificial [limbs].

13. When you severely injure a [limb], doctors say you should elevate the [limb] above the level of the heart until you receive proper medical care.

14. In medieval Europe, powdered gold was mixed into drinks to comfort sore [limbs].

15. In the Middle Ages, people were tortured by being put on a metal rack, and stretched until their [limbs] were torn from their bodies.

16. Henry Miller once suggested that the man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his [limbs] in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.