How to Use metatarsal in a Sentence

metatarsal

1 of 2 adjective
  • The metatarsal bones run between the midfoot and the toes.
    Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The metatarsal bones are one to five, middle joints numbered from big toe on out.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The injury is caused when one or more of the metatarsal bones in one's toes becomes detached from the tarsal bones in the foot.
    Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • In the fourth toe, the metatarsal head was domed just like a modern human’s, but other aspects of the shape of the bone looked more ape-like.
    Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2018
  • Their metatarsal bones were bunched together rather than splayed out.
    Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2010
  • Warner had suffered a lisfranc injury, where one or more of the metatarsal bones were displaced from the tarsus.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Enter: the EnergyRods, which are intended to line up with your metatarsal bones, those thin bones that run through from your toes to your ankles.
    Mirel Zaman, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Usually, that pain comes from metatarsal capsulitis: swelling in the capsule surrounding the joint where your toe meets your foot, typically at the second toe.
    Outside Online, 17 June 2019
  • The metatarsal bones run between the midfoot and the toes.
    Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The metatarsal bones are one to five, middle joints numbered from big toe on out.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The injury is caused when one or more of the metatarsal bones in one's toes becomes detached from the tarsal bones in the foot.
    Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • In the fourth toe, the metatarsal head was domed just like a modern human’s, but other aspects of the shape of the bone looked more ape-like.
    Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2018
  • Their metatarsal bones were bunched together rather than splayed out.
    Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2010
  • Warner had suffered a lisfranc injury, where one or more of the metatarsal bones were displaced from the tarsus.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Enter: the EnergyRods, which are intended to line up with your metatarsal bones, those thin bones that run through from your toes to your ankles.
    Mirel Zaman, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Usually, that pain comes from metatarsal capsulitis: swelling in the capsule surrounding the joint where your toe meets your foot, typically at the second toe.
    Outside Online, 17 June 2019
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metatarsal

2 of 2 noun
  • My full weight landed on that foot, on the edge of the step, and the little fifth metatarsal bone fractured.
    Pam Peirce, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The Lisfranc ligament connects the metatarsal and tarsal bones in the middle of the foot.
    Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 24 July 2019
  • Joiner is believed to have a Jones fracture, which is a break to the fifth metatarsal, or the outside of the foot.
    Michael Lev, azcentral, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Williams missed the team's first 15 games after fracturing the fifth metatarsal of his right foot.
    Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The footbed is polyurethane but features the same arch and metatarsal support as the classic design.
    Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2022
  • He had just been cleared to play for East Catholic after breaking a metatarsal in his left foot in a game Feb. 14.
    Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The next day, a doctor informed me that my fifth metatarsal was fractured.
    James Barrett, Redbook, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Lawrence fractured his fifth metatarsal in a 1-on-1 rush drill Wednesday.
    Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence broke the fifth metatarsal in his right foot and will be out for six to eight weeks.
    David Moore, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • An X-ray revealed a fractured second metatarsal in my left foot.
    James Lucas, Outside Online, 31 Mar. 2017
  • The Saint Louis signee broke a bone in her left foot — the fifth metatarsal — getting out of her car last Easter at a Speedway gas station.
    Michael Osipoff, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • According to the reports, the fear was that Henry sustained a Jones fracture, which is a break between the base and the middle part of the fifth metatarsal of the foot.
    Ben Arthur, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The Reds then pulled him from the game, and x-rays taken at the stadium revealed a small fracture low on his fifth metatarsal in his left foot.
    Zach Buchanan, Cincinnati.com, 15 Aug. 2017
  • He was diagnosed with a fracture of the left first metatarsal — the same area that was bruised while on the road trip to the West Coast, but unrelated to the injury.
    Maria Torres, kansascity, 15 June 2018
  • Olsen missed most of the season after sustaining a Jones fracture, a break between the base and middle part of the fifth metatarsal.
    Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Its second, third, and fourth toes all had domed metatarsal heads that looked a lot more like those of modern humans than modern apes.
    Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2018
  • Underneath the uniform were a single tooth, two right rib fragments, one long bone fragment and the metatarsal from a right pinkie.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Fixsen was diagnosed with a stress reaction in the second metatarsal last week.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 11 June 2017
  • In the early waves of media reports about this foot injury, Fox’s Jay Glazer said Henry broke the fifth metatarsal in his foot.
    Gentry Estes, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The defensive tackle from Auburn had surgery last week after fracturing the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot.
    Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 7 Aug. 2017
  • After a battery of tests, PSG announced that Neymar had a cracked the fifth metatarsal in his right foot, along with an ankle injury.
    Samuel Peterquin, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • After insertion, the Cartiva cartilage protrudes slightly from the metatarsal bone at the base of the big toe.
    Laura Johannes, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2018
  • And that high, rounded top at the head of the metatarsal gives the joint more range of motion, which makes that hyperextension more effective.
    Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2018
  • Symptoms include tenderness over the middle or most distal portion of the metatarsal (long foot bone) with moderate swelling on the top of the foot.
    Julie Isphording, Cincinnati.com, 10 July 2017
  • Cox had double-doubles in each of Baylor's first two games before an MRI showed a stress reaction to the second metatarsal on her right foot.
    Houston Chronicle, 30 Dec. 2019
  • The Royals will be without Soler, who now owns crutches and can't skip off the field in victory, for at least the next six weeks because of a fractured left first metatarsal.
    Maria Torres, kansascity, 16 June 2018
  • The two-time team captain will undergo surgery on the fifth metatarsal of his right foot for the second time in less than 14 months after developing a new fracture.
    Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Shamet, a sophomore guard at Wichita State, will undergo surgery to repair a stress fracture in the fifth metatarsal in his right foot in Wichita.
    By Paul Suellentrop, kansascity, 29 July 2017
  • The Cowboys will need this sort of performance consistently, given Lawrence is scheduled to miss at least six to eight weeks with a fractured fifth metatarsal.
    Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2021
  • DiVincenzo played in eight games as a true freshman before he was diagnosed with a fractured metatarsal in his right foot.
    Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 20 Mar. 2018

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