How to Use avulsion in a Sentence

avulsion

noun

• Tyron Smith suffered a torn hamstring tendon with an avulsion fracture to the left knee before the season got underway.
  — Dallas News, 2 Dec. 2022
• Some cases will have an avulsion fracture where the muscle pulls off a bit of the bone it was attached to.
  — SI.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• The avulsion injury — where a chunk of bone breaks off its larger piece — caused him to miss the world championships.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 7 Jan. 2018
• The force of the rollercoaster caused an avulsion of the right internal thoracic artery, Shuck said, per 14 News.
  — Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
• He was thrown out and left with an injury, which was diagnosed as an avulsion fracture in a finger on his right hand.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2022
• Both wins came without senior guard Tyrese Martin, sidelined two to four weeks with a slight sprain and an avulsion fracture in his left wrist.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 6 Dec. 2021
• Garoppolo’s avulsion fracture occurred when a small piece of his bone attached to his UCL ligament was pulled away from the bone.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2022
• Senior guard Tyrese Martin was also out multiple weeks with slight sprain and an avulsion fracture in his left wrist.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 5 Dec. 2021
• Eric Bledsoe, playing for the first time after missing eight games due to an avulsion fracture to his right fibula, got things going with a layup.
  — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2019
• The forward suffered an avulsion fracture in his right knee involving the right patella tendon on May 16 in Chicago.
  — Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2021
• Cisneros also suffered an avulsion fracture of his ankle, which remains bruised and swollen.
  — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 27 July 2019
• When the Stars returned to play in mid-February, Roope Hintz began missing games more consistently due to an avulsion injury in his left groin.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 14 May 2021
• Coyle is recovering from mid-June surgery to repair an avulsion fracture in his left kneecap and a small tear of the patellar tendon, according to his agent, Bob Norton.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2021
• That July, Fallon suffered a grueling ring avulsion after tripping and falling on a rug in his home.
  — Yohana Desta, VanityFair.com, 21 Mar. 2017
• The Suns gave an official release that Paul has suffered a right thumb avulsion fracture in Wednesdays’ game against Houston and will be re-evaluated in six to eight weeks.
  — Duane Rankin, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2022
• The official cause of death was listed as exsanguination and avulsion of the right internal thoracic artery, Schuck said in a media release obtained by the Indy Star.
  — Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
• Mallory suffered an avulsion fracture, nothing with long-term effects, but enough for him to initially be ruled out for the entire season.
  — David Wilson Diehards, ajc, 3 Nov. 2017
• Turner played through an avulsion fracture on his dominant hand (right) earlier this season.
  — J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Apr. 2021
• Granted, the early-season avulsion fracture of his left index finger hasn’t exactly helped his reacclimation at first base.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 5 July 2019

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024