How to Use dislocate in a Sentence
dislocate
verb- She fell and dislocated her shoulder.
- Thousands of workers have been dislocated by the latest economic crisis.
- The new hotel will dislocate several businesses.
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Much like the grocery store at night where in drag, the lights of we dislocate.
—Francine J. Harris, The New York Review of Books, 23 July 2020
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The bone in his right arm was dislocated and snapped in half.
—Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
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The bone in his right arm was dislocated and snapped in half.
—Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2024
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And Mahomes is doubtful for the Chiefs, still on the mend from dislocating a knee.
—Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2019
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The teenager also tried to push him off of her, dislocating her shoulder in the process, the records show.
—Ryan Tarinelli, Fox News, 27 July 2018
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No need to struggle with pulling these up and over your calves, dislocating a finger in the process.
—Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2023
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The other staffers started pulling the boy off the first staffer, who fell and dislocated his shoulder.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 28 Feb. 2020
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In some cases, an athlete may even dislocate the big toe.
—Elizabeth Quinn, Verywell Health, 17 May 2023
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Tate Johnson dislocated his elbow and will be out the rest of spring.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 20 Mar. 2023
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Miller dislocated a knee and damaged an artery, which left him in danger of losing the leg.
—Kate Shepherd, Chicago Reader, 31 Oct. 2017
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These are signs that it may be broken or dislocated rather than just sprained.
—Stacey Colino, Parents, 20 Sep. 2023
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That was the game in 2019, when Mahomes, on a quarterback sneak, dislocated his kneecap and missed his next two starts.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
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Hada first dislocated her shoulder in the third set of that match and sat out 14 matches.
—Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 3 Dec. 2019
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Mahomes dislocated the patella in the knee while sneaking for a first down in last week’s win in Denver.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
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Wolfe dislocated his elbow in the fourth quarter on Sunday against the Chargers and did not return to the game.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2019
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The Chiefs star, just two weeks after dislocating his kneecap, practiced with the Chiefs’ second team this week.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2019
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In the midst of a solid camp, the 2016 first-round pick dislocated the middle finger on his right hand on a slide into second base.
—Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2020
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Mahomes looked very healthy playing for the first time since dislocating his right kneecap Oct. 17.
—Teresa M. Walker, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2019
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The worst part of the night for the Bulldogs was when sophomore Leonardo Seanez dislocated his elbow on a special teams play.
—Joe Naiman, Ramona Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2017
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Thor bluntly asks) and provides the biggest laughs as he body-slams bros, dislocates his shoulder and can't help but tell the truth at every turn.
—Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, 15 Aug. 2019
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The Knicks made it to the second round of the playoffs last year without Randle, who dislocated his shoulder earlier in the year and missed the rest of the season.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2024
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Zane hit his head on the steering wheel, broke his forearm and dislocated his shoulder.
—CBS News, 30 Jan. 2018
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An argument started over the transaction, and Jackson pushed one of the other men to the floor hard enough to break the man's arm and dislocate his shoulder.
—Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
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The move led to him dislocating his shoulders and fracturing his neck.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
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The impact of the crash ripped gashes into his forehead, both cheeks and upper lip and dislocated his skull.
—Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2018
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Lawrence has not been seen since dislocating his left elbow in his final game of the season on Nov. 28 at Dallas.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
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Fontenelle, a Los Angeles Angels infield prospect, had torn ligaments in his ankle, dislocated it as well, and fractured his fibula.
—Sam Blum, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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