How to Use concuss in a Sentence

concuss

verb

• He was not carted off, but the play left him concussed and forced out of the game.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 6 Oct. 2019
• We had been bruised and gashed and concussed, had our legs set on fire and our heads cut open.
  — Catherine Cusick, Longreads, 21 Feb. 2018
• After all, the point of boxing is to concuss the opponent, to knock him down and out.
  — Jonathan Eig, SI.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• Concussed as a senior, Feeney missed four games with the brain injury.
  — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
• But those who break bones or get concussed must withdraw.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 25 July 2019
• Per the Seattle Times, the victim told police that Tago's punch left him concussed.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• Vaitai, who will be subbing for concussed Lane Johnson, has his work cut out for him.
  — Paul Domowitch, Philly.com, 10 Oct. 2017
• Hooley was concussed, left on a stretcher and was in the hospital, Gold said.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
• Long story short, Kolb was concussed in Week 1, Mike Vick stepped into the lineup and never gave the job back.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• Chung should not have been allowed to return to the game after he was likely concussed in the third quarter.
  — Geoffrey C. Arnold, OregonLive.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• The goal counted, Chytil faced no repercussions and Rask was concussed.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019
• Lucroy was also concussed on the hit, which sent him to a hospital.
  — Maria Torres, latimes.com, 14 July 2019
• Brady — who had to play most of the game without his biggest weapon, concussed tight end Rob Gronkowski — was better.
  — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Jan. 2018
• The next summer, another teen was concussed and a 20-year-old woman suffered a slipped spinal disk.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 28 Jan. 2018
• The next summer, another teen was concussed, and a 20-year-old woman suffered a slipped spinal disk.
  — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Yes, that Burfict, the one who concussed Brown in a playoff game and made an art form of racking up personal foul penalties.
  — Greg Moore, azcentral, 5 Sep. 2019
• Some players who self-report an injury might also turn out not to be concussed.
  — Ken Belson, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2017
• Left unanswered was the question of when Johnson became concussed.
  — Les Bowen, Philly.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• The festive crowd grew silent as an ambulance entered the field through the right-field gate and took the concussed, immobilized Choi to the hospital.
  — Dan McGrath, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2017
• Nine days, Brunel said after seeing Biggar’s name on the Welsh team sheet, wouldn’t be a long enough recovery for a French player who had been concussed.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2019
• Mirotic had won that job out of training camp before Bobby Portis’ punch Oct. 17 broke two facial bones and concussed him.
  — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2017
• Peterman was concussed and replaced by Joe Webb, the receiver/special teamer who hadn’t thrown a pass since 2011.
  — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• But a collision with safety Kavon Frazier left him concussed.
  — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 24 May 2018
• Something else many people might not know is that Hunter was concussed after flipping over the right field wall at Fenway, in a last-ditch attempt to catch Ortiz’s line-drive grand slam.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2018
• So this week’s calls from lawmakers and policy wonks to arm Ukraine are a sign that the Trump and Russia scandals have concussed our political class.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 4 Aug. 2017
• My demons are not remotely tackled, they’re just mildly concussed.
  — Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 6 July 2018
• His wild ride began when Bobby Portis broke two of his facial bones and concussed him with a practice punch on the eve of the regular season, forcing a 23-game absence.
  — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• Taylor, 25, was concussed in the attack and needed six or seven staples to close a wound on his head, manager Pedro Lopez told the Review-Journal.
  — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 4 July 2017
• Raiders receiver Michael Crabtree was directed to the sideline by officials at the end of Oakland’s Week 15 game due to concern he had been concussed.
  — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Dec. 2017
• A day after a helmet-to-helmet hit left him wobbly and concussed, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce received a positive prognosis from his coach.
  — Sam McDowell, kansascity, 7 Jan. 2018

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