How to Use scapula in a Sentence

scapula

noun

• Hard to mess up a butt — just cook it slow until the scapula slides out clean.
  — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 29 June 2018
• This means the chop was cut from the section of the shoulder just adjacent to the ribs; the bone is a piece of the scapula.
  — John Willoughby, charlotteobserver, 16 Jan. 2018
• Collins said, with a stress injury to his right scapula.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 15 June 2017
• Also, be sure to push the floor away from you with the grounded arm to stabilize the scapula.
  — Emily Abbate, Esquire, 27 June 2017
• That's the muscle that runs from your neck to your shoulder, and down to your scapula (shoulder blade), on each side.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 23 July 2018
• Last week, Matt Harvey was found to have a stress injury in the scapula bone in his right shoulder.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 21 June 2017
• Aim at the shoulder, halfway up the body or a shade more, to hit the scapula, which will aid bullet expansion.
  — Jeff Johnston, Field & Stream, 8 Oct. 2019
• Harvey has been sidelined since June with a stress injury to the scapula bone in his right shoulder. ...
  — Adry Torres, courant.com, 22 Aug. 2017
• DeGrom, who has dealt with a stress reaction on his right scapula, has not pitched in the majors in more than a year.
  — New York Times, 28 July 2022
• They were put there by a stone blade; on the only unbroken scapula in the set, there are 32 notches, but some have as few as three.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 1 May 2018
• Using your scapula as your lever, keep your arms straight and slowly resist the pull of the band back together.
  — Ben Walker, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2020
• Kevin’s sister, Ileen San, suffered a fractured right scapula, right hand and left wrist.
  — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2018
• But whose sky-scraping scapulas risked slicing off an ear?
  — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 7 May 2019
• Prosise missed the final six games of the regular season and the two playoff games with a fractured scapula in 2016.
  — Geoffrey C. Arnold, OregonLive.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• Lesions in the right scapula of a 3,200-year-old skeleton indicate the presence of cancer.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2014
• With the cable triceps pull-apart however, the focus switches from the scapula to the triceps.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 13 July 2022
• The righthander was then shut down late in spring training last year because of a stress reaction in his right scapula and didn’t make his first big-league start until Aug. 2.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
• Andrew had a concussion and broke two T-vertebrae in his back, his left pelvis bone, his left scapula, five ribs and his nose.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
• Forsythe missed a month with that injury last year, a hairline fracture of his left scapula also suffered when he was hit by a pitch last May.
  — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 19 Apr. 2017
• Sidelined all season by a stress reaction in his right scapula, deGrom gave up four runs on a pair of homers and threw 41 of 67 pitches for strikes.
  — Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 27 July 2022
• DeGrom has been sidelined since late in spring training with a stress reaction in his scapula.
  — Jake Seiner, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2022
• One of Suntok’s fossil finds, a partial scapula with fine fractures, posed a unique challenge, says Rohlicek.
  — Devon Bidal, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2022
• Jacob deGrom, the Mets’ other ace, has been shut down all season with a stress reaction in his right scapula.
  — New York Times, 30 June 2022
• The rhomboids play a role in stabilizing and retracting the scapula.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 26 Jan. 2022
• The 13-year veteran of the force suffered four broken ribs and a broken scapula, KSTU reported.
  — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 29 Mar. 2018
• Slowly lower your arms back to the starting position, allowing the scapula to protract and get a full stretch at the bottom.
  — Diego Mercado, Men's Health, 17 Jan. 2023
• Don’t forget, the key function of your traps is to stabilize your scapula, not just shrug up and down, and the incline row addresses this with great success.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 2 Aug. 2022
• The shotgun blasts also damaged his right lung and fractured his upper left arm and scapula, according to the report.
  — Devon M. Sayers and Alta Spells, CNN, 16 Nov. 2021
• Meanwhile, Kristy had a mild concussion; broke her back, hip, seven ribs, and her left scapula; and suffered shoulder damage.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
• There was the inflamed elbow, forearm tightness, wrist soreness to back tightness, neck tightness and a stress reaction in his scapula.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024