How to Use cranial in a Sentence

cranial

adjective

• Lausanne is the center of the world for cranial surgery.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2023
• On an owl, that's a strong bone that connects the cranial edge of the sternum to the shoulder joint.
  — Paul Vercammen, CNN, 26 Feb. 2020
• Entire fossil specimen of a cranial crest with the back of the head to the right.
  — NBC News, 20 Apr. 2022
• But most can still control their sniffing via cranial nerves in the soft palate.
  — Ferris Jabr, Scientific American, 29 July 2010
• So far, though, the man appears to be doing well, despite the cranial air pocket.
  — Amy B Wang, miamiherald, 13 Mar. 2018
• Judging by cranial bones and teeth, one of the men was young, likely aged 18 to 25, with a spinal column with compressed discs.
  — Frances D'emilio, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2020
• While cranial surgery appears to be the most likely explanation for the hole, things did not end well for the cow.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2018
• One of the pedestrians suffered fractures to her spine, pelvis and ribs and a cranial bleeding and was rushed to the hospital.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023
• Ebert, who had a cranial hematoma at the end of 2023 and had to have emergency surgery, is recovered and ready for the next trip, even if Hough is a little weary.
  — Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 15 Oct. 2024
• One of the pilots helped the minister remove his cranial helmet, which caught on his large ears.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 2 Mar. 2021
• According to Dr. Swartz, that happens when the virus affects one of the cranial nerves, which can also cause a rash on the scalp, forehead, or face.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 16 Aug. 2017
• There's less room for the brain to slosh around in the cranial cavity, thereby reducing the risk of concussion.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 July 2022
• But our brains need vigorous exercise and the best way to work out those cranial muscles is to attach a book to them.
  — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2022
• Based on his cranial bones, the volume of J1's brain was about 88 percent that of the average adult Neanderthal's.
  — Ben Guarino, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Sep. 2017
• The cancer was discovered during cranial surgery last week to remove a blood clot above his left eye.
  — Dan Nowicki, The Courier-Journal, 19 July 2017
• The method reduces, if not eliminates, cranial trauma and retraction of the brain.
  — Rubén Rosario, Twin Cities, 20 May 2017
• Griffey’s cranial deformation was one of the cruel fates that befell almost all the major league stars in the episode.
  — Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 25 May 2017
• The scanning focused upon Little Foot’s cranial vault - the upper part of her braincase — and her lower jaw, or mandible.
  — NBC News, 2 Mar. 2021
• Morton found a wide range of cranial volumes within each of his racial categories.
  — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 8 July 2021
• That means cranial surgery was happening as long ago as the Mesolithic period.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Apr. 2018
• The big surprise, however, comes from Pardo et al.’s (2017) new study of cranial anatomy in early tetrapods.
  — Darren Naish, Scientific American Blog Network, 7 July 2017
• Moreover, as Rothberg’s wife told him over video chat, there was no way users would give themselves what felt like cranial defilements.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2020
• Perhaps the oldest type of skull surgery is cranial trepanation—the drilling of a hole in the head—which has been well-documented along the Iberian Peninsula.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2022
• Although cranial surgery was a refined practice in Peru 1,000 years ago, ancient surgeons faced a bit of a learning curve.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2022
• The process, which involves a freaky cranial implant of a not-so-micro chip, produces full separation between the subject’s work and home selves.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2022
• The melanosomes found in the branched feathers and cranial tissue were different shapes, suggesting that the flying reptile had a range of hues, Science Alert reports.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022
• Perhaps a robot can give you the round-brush blowout in the shampoo ad, but no metal fingers can relax you like a stylist, who turns a shampoo into a cranial sacral massage.
  — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 20 Oct. 2021
• Mason’s AIs think in glyphs, or waves of data, and only people with cranial implants can understand them.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 26 May 2017
• For those who, like me have more modest cranial capabilities, read on.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2019
• The troupe alum experienced a severe health scare last December when she was hospitalized for a cranial hematoma.
  — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024