To assess for hypocalcemia, the clinician elicited Trousseau's sign by inflating a blood pressure cuff around the patient's arm, which induced a characteristic spasm of the hand and forearm.

Her transliteral description of the city made readers taste the salt air and hear the gulls.

The ophthalmologist diagnosed hyphaemia after examining the patient's injured eye.

Her research focused on the phonology of Classical Hebrew and its implications for ancient Semitic linguistics.

A Mogadishan arrived at the market and offered to teach me how to weave traditional fabrics.

After a long flight, I hailed a quickshaw to take me to my hotel.

The surgeon carefully inspected the epitympanic recess before beginning the procedure.

When our hosts offered igunaq at the summer gathering, some guests hesitated, but many praised the pungent, deeply savory taste that comes from burying meat and fat to age it for a year.

The conservator carefully applied a paste of the salt of sorrel to the manuscript to lift a stubborn ink stain.

The alchemist marveled at the empyreal air, convinced it was the purest form of life-giving breath.