How to Use cartilage in a Sentence

cartilage

noun

• She fell and damaged some cartilage in her knee.
• Antlers clacked on antlers, cartilage snapped, and the breath of three thousand animals rose over the fence.
  — Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
• Humans have the ability to regrow cartilage, a new study has found.
  — Nancy Clanton, chicagotribune.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• His absence was initially ascribed to an oblique injury but later revealed as cracked cartilage in his rib cage.
  — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2019
• The small structure made of bone and cartilage can move in three different directions, similar to the way human thumbs move.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 22 Oct. 2019
• Johnson had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Sept. 5 to repair cartilage damage.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2019
• Having a skeleton made of lightweight cartilage allows sharks to conserve energy and swim long distances.
  — Lauren Kent, CNN, 28 Nov. 2019
• Woods hadn’t played competitively in two months because of surgery in August to repair minor cartilage damage in his left knee.
  — Karen Crouse, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2019
• Joint and cartilage damage typically develops over many years but can develop quickly for some people.
  — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
• The blades can withstand more pressure for cutting through cartilage and even small bones, therefore the handle should be wide and sturdy enough to apply that force without hand fatigue or bruising.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 18 Nov. 2019
• In Tuesday’s surgery, Morgan had an allograft to repair cartilage damage.
  — Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2019
• Kittle had played in 39 of his first 40 career games before his latest injury and played the second half of last season with fractured rib cartilage.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 24 Nov. 2019
• The fact that Collins needed surgery means ligaments or tendons were likely excessively stretched (and need to be tightened) or cartilage was damaged.
  — Colin Hoobler, oregonlive, 5 Nov. 2019
• Mao and her colleagues analyzed the ossicles of several of the specimens and noted an apparent gap between the bones and an ossified bit of cartilage that connects to the jaw.
  — Jim Daley, Scientific American, 5 Dec. 2019
• There’s been no timeline offered for captain Gabe Landeskog, who is into the 17th month of his rehab process after knee cartilage replacement surgery.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2024
• 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
• 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 thinning of the cartilage also narrows the space between the bones.
  — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2024
• The other thing here is the presence of cartilage in these structures.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 July 2022
• This deformity can lead to a tearing of a cartilage in the hip joint called the labrum.
  — Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
• Many places don’t even serve them because they are strewn with bone and cartilage.
  — Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• That piercing sits in the ear cartilage across the lower ear canal from the standard tragus.
  — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 12 July 2022

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024