How to Use compound fracture in a Sentence

compound fracture

noun

• The result was a compound fracture, which is when the broken bone pierces the skin.
  — Dan Shalin, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• His left ankle was in an air cast in what turned out to be a compound fracture.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2021
• Paramedics arrived and determined the man had suffered a compound fracture to the leg.
  — Mark Dunphy, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2021
• And then, about an inch below my shoulder, a full compound fracture.
  — Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2022
• And then, about an inch below my shoulder, a full compound fracture.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2023
• Among his injuries was a compound fracture of his right ankle.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021
• Lister first studied its use in compound fractures, in which the bone protruded from the skin.
  — John J. Ross, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017
• The pedestrian, a man in his 30s, suffered a compound fracture to his right leg, police said.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2021
• Smith suffered a compound fracture in his leg in 2018, which broke his tibia and fibula.
  — Emmanuel Morgan Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2021
• Smith suffered a compound fracture in his right leg during a Nov. 18 loss to the Houston Texans.
  — Alaa Abdeldaiem, SI.com, 15 July 2019
• The 31-year-old motorcyclist had a broken right tibia bone and a compound fracture of the right foot, Heims said.
  — Morgan Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020
• Paramedics transported the victim to the hospital to be treated for a compound fracture to one of his legs.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2021
• In November of 2018, Smith suffered a compound fracture of his right leg.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 13 Dec. 2020
• Aguilar then lost her balance and fell backward, causing a compound fracture in her right leg.
  — Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
• In the fifth week of the 2020 season, Prescott suffered a compound fracture and a dislocation of his right ankle in a game against the New York Giants.
  — Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2022
• Smith suffered a compound fracture that led to sepsis that has put his future somewhat in doubt.
  — cleveland, 16 May 2020
• The injury was a compound fracture in Finch's left leg — bone had pierced through his skin, making for a graphic scene for training staff and teammates.
  — Shelby Dermer, Cincinnati.com, 22 Oct. 2019
• But there is still the matter of recovering from the compound fracture of her right leg suffered in the state championship match.
  — Dave Melton, Post-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2017
• Medics took the pedestrian to a trauma center for treatment of a compound fracture to his right leg, San Diego police said.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2019
• Prescott suffered a compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle—the same side as this calf strain—in Week 5 of last season.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2021
• Lowry was taken to the same hospital via ambulance and was treated for a compound fracture in his left arm.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2022
• Paramedics discovered a compound fracture in his right femur and he was taken by CareFlite to Tyler.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2022
• Smith suffered a compound fracture of his leg after he was sacked in a November 2018 game against the Houston Texans.
  — Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 17 Aug. 2020
• Dak Prescott was taken off the field on a cart after suffering a compound fracture on Oct. 11 that ended his season.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 25 Oct. 2020
• He was once trapped in an avalanche and knocked off his snowmobile, suffering a dislocated jaw and a compound fracture in one leg.
  — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2020
• Coming back from the gruesome compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle, and then from a strained shoulder, was at least a process Prescott could control.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Sep. 2021
• Dak Prescott suffered his compound fracture and dislocated ankle in the team’s first meeting with the Giants.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 2 Jan. 2021
• The injury is in the same lower leg that needed two surgeries after Prescott’s season-ending compound fracture of his right ankle in Week 5 last year.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• Washington quarterback Alex Smith appears ready to take a major step in his comeback from a compound fracture in his right leg.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2020
• One officer suffered multiple compound fractures to his leg after he was hit with a brick near Lafayette Park.
  — Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY, 31 May 2020

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024