How to Use clavicle in a Sentence

clavicle

noun

• Josh got a plate and three screws added to his clavicle.
  — Angela Ramirez, Alaska Dispatch News, 7 Sep. 2017
• The neck hole opens with the thinnest of seams, revealing the right amount of clavicle.
  — Stella Bugbee, The Cut, 8 May 2017
• The Berlin Painter drew clavicles with distinctive arcs that curled at the pit of the neck.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 23 July 2017
• That's when Scurlock was shot in the clavicle and killed.
  — Konstantin Toropin, CNN, 2 June 2020
• Brown was shot in the right cheek, the right clavicle and the left arm, court documents said.
  — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug. 2017
• There’s a little piece of meat under the clavicle of a duck that drives me nuts.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 22 Feb. 2020
• He had been hit in the thigh, finger, wrist, shoulder, clavicle and twice in the chest and twice in the abdomen.
  — Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 25 May 2018
• Two weeks later the woman had surgery to take out the rib closest to her clavicle.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• The minimum for a clavicle fracture is a plate and six screws – with three screws on each side of the fracture.
  — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• The bob just grazes her clavicle area for a gorgeous shoulder length.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 9 Mar. 2022
• Foles broke his left clavicle on the team’s 10th offensive play of the season.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• Sophie grabbed the taut bit of flesh between her chin and her clavicle and wiggled it around.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 1 June 2021
• Rodgers broke his right clavicle during Green Bay's loss Sunday to the Vikings.
  — Stanley Kay, SI.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• He was shot once above his clavicle, with the bullet piercing his lung.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2021
• Gabriel has a huge growth on his clavicle but is terrified of surgery.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 13 Feb. 2022
• Until this spring, when spots of cancer showed up along his spine, ribs and clavicle.
  — Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 24 May 2018
• The deltoids sit over the shoulder joint and connect to the humerus (upper arm) and the clavicle (collarbone), says Kalsched.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 18 May 2023
• Lean against the wall and slowly roll the ball back and forth, side to side, along the valley below your clavicle several times.
  — Kelly Dinardo New York Times, Star Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
• Two bullets hit Roston in the head; a third lodged below his left clavicle.
  — Katy Bergen, kansascity, 3 Nov. 2017
• An early clavicle injury knocked him out of a few games.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 29 Dec. 2022
• The second joint in the shoulder is above the glenohumeral joint where the collar bone (clavicle) attaches to the acromion.
  — Dr. Harlan Selesnick, miamiherald, 23 Apr. 2018
• Her jockey, Daniel Centeno, was thrown to the turf and suffered a broken clavicle.
  — Don Markus, baltimoresun.com, 18 May 2018
• The tattoo in question once sat on Davidson's clavicle, right below the neckline of a shirt.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2022
• Gabriel suffered a broken left clavicle during the final play of the Knights’ 41-35 loss to Louisville Friday night.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Sep. 2021
• The pursing deputy later fell and broke his clavicle, the sheriff's office said.
  — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• Her dark brown, almost-black strands are pulled to the very top of her head in a super high ponytail that cascades down just past her clavicle.
  — Addison Aloian, Allure, 18 Mar. 2022
• One woman broke her clavicle, ribs and a tooth, according to the complaint.
  — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 28 June 2018
• Two adjustable shoulder straps meet at your clavicle with a gold bar, connecting the suit’s fabric to the straps.
  — Maya Polton Updated, Parents, 10 Aug. 2023
• Renner broke 30 bones, including eight ribs, his clavicle and shoulder and other bones in his face and legs.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2024
• Twenty-five-year-old Queenie Jenkins is staring at the ceiling, her braids spread out on a white pillow, a tangle of necklaces grazing her clavicle, and an expression of idle bemusement twisting her features.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 28 June 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024