How to Use cartilage in a Sentence

cartilage

noun

• She fell and damaged some cartilage in her knee.
• Remove the skin and guts, so that just the meat and cartilage remain.
  — Ellie Rushing, Sun-Sentinel.com, 29 June 2018
• Like any other cartilage piercing, the tragus takes about three to six months to heal.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 13 Aug. 2018
• When the design was complete, the pedal resembled alien cartilage.
  — Jason Pontin, WIRED, 11 July 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
• The meniscus is made up of cartilage in the knee and can sometimes be connected to an MCL injury.
  — Tania Ganguli, latimes.com, 30 June 2018
• Instead of bones, their bodies are supported by cartilage, the same material that’s inside the tip of a human nose.
  — The Kansas City Zoo, kansascity, 27 June 2018
• There are biological cartilage substitutes for knees as well.
  — Laura Johannes, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2018
• Healthy articular cartilage glides smoothly against the bone without creating friction that would aggravate the joints.
  — Malika Andrews, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2018
• Amber's squishy lumps are technically referred to as keloids, usually caused by skin trauma and broken cartilage, and thus are very common after a botched ear piercing.
  — refinery29.com, 12 July 2018
• From that information a series of algorithms is then able to determine the position of things like bone, fat, cartilage and other tissues, which are then colorized.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 13 July 2018
• Finding teeth are important for understanding how ancient sharks lived, as the majority of their bodies are made up of cartilage, which unlike bones, does not fossilize.
  — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
• Photo: Courtesy of Cartiva Other options to replace cartilage are on the horizon.
  — Laura Johannes, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2018
• The outlet further reported that Jordan suffered from tendinitis in both achilles, thin cartilage in his ankles, and rotator cuff issues in his right shoulder.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 2 Oct. 2018
• Osteoarthritis is a condition in which the cartilage on the ends of your bones gradually wears down over time, which causes pain, joint stiffness, and narrowing of the spine that sometimes results in spinal stenosis.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 4 Oct. 2018
• The meniscus is the disk of cartilage that sits in your knee joint.
  — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 1 Feb. 2023
• The meniscus is a piece of cartilage in the knee that acts as a shock absorber.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
• How many boomers have that kind of cartilage left in their joints?
  — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2021
• The meniscus is a piece of cartilage that serves as a shock absorber for the knee joint.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2022
• It had long been thought that cartilage, once gone, cannot grow back.
  — Gina Kolata, Star Tribune, 27 Aug. 2020
• Pull the skin and cartilage off the knobby end of the drumstick and clean it up with a knife or kitchen scissors.
  — Allie Morris, ExpressNews.com, 6 Mar. 2020
• Stem cells, she was told, could regrow the cartilage in her knee.
  — AZCentral.com, 12 June 2021
• The claws will often have pieces of cartilage, so be sure to check and remove them.
  — Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2019
• Mike Bites ears have a bite mark at the top of the gummy, right where Tyson took off a piece of Holyfield's cartilage.
  — Morgan Sung, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2022
• The meniscus is a piece of cartilage that acts as a shock absorber for the knee joint — the bigger the person, the bigger the strain.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2021
• The labrum is a ring of cartilage that helps stabilize the shoulder joint.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2022
• The cartilage was showing wear and tear that just wasn’t common for a 19-year-old.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 8 July 2019
• The thinning of the cartilage also narrows the space between the bones.
  — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2024
• The disorder occurs early in a foetus’ development in the womb and affects the cartilage tissue that should become a child’s arms and legs.
  — Jack Guy, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
• Beyond the bones, the total mass of a whole bird accounts for cartilage and less favorable cuts of meat around the shoulders, neck, and back that are better suited for making stock than presenting on a platter.
  — Alma Avalle, Bon Appétit, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Jan 2025