How to Use fracture in a Sentence

fracture

1 of 2 noun

• She suffered a wrist fracture when she slipped on the ice.
• And the longer the war continues, the greater the risk of broader fractures across the Middle East.
  — Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2024
• The good news: Gray did not suffer a fracture, only a bruise and a knot.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
• Martin arrived at the shelter in June and had a limp due to a fracture in one of his legs.
  — Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
• The 25-year-old is returning from a right foot fracture.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2023
• McCarthy was told on the headset that the quarterback was done for the year with a fracture in his knee joint.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Worst of all, according to Tobin, was the fracture to her pelvis.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
• The girl, who was adopted, had cuts and bruises and still-healing fractures.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2023
• Tyron Smith calls the avulsion fracture in his knee that robbed him of the first 13 games of last season a freak injury.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
• Prosecutors said Trustin in 2004 was found to have fractures, both acute and healing, to his hands, feet and legs.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 12 May 2023
• The boy was treated and released from a hospital for cuts and scratches on his face and all over his body and for a fracture near his eye.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
• The model shows that Houck suffered several fractures when he was hit by a line drive June 16.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
• Ort has been out since early July with a fracture in his elbow.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
• But that afternoon, residents’ worst fears were realized when a fracture opened up south of the wall at the edge of town.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
• Bassey left a game against Orlando in the first half with a non-displaced fracture of his left patellar tendon.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2023
• Jabbari went to the hospital and was treated for a hairline fracture to a bone in her middle finger and a cut to her ear.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
• Hip fractures were also common in those ages 65 and older.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 5 May 2023
• Seeps occur when crude oil leaks from fractures in the seafloor or rises up through seafloor sediments.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
• Traffic accidents are the cause of 78.3% of patella fractures.
  — Jonathan Cluett, Md, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023
• For people who fall, fat can serve as padding, guarding against fractures.
  — Judith Graham, oregonlive, 19 July 2023
• The dead man had dozens of wounds to his face and head, including skull fractures, indicating that he’d been beaten.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
• The authors noted that the person had an unknown facial bone fracture.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 10 Nov. 2023
• All the information seems to suggest that it is only needed for men over 70 who have had a fracture.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 24 July 2023
• The deal, though, proved right the predictions that there could eventually be an uneasy patching-up of the sport’s fractures.
  — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 6 June 2023
• Joey Bosa’s eight-season tenure with the Chargers has been waylaid by injuries the past two years – groin surgery in 2022; toe fracture and foot sprain last year.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
• Where, then, in all of the multiverse did this dramatic fracture occur?
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 22 Mar. 2023
• The pedestrian was taken to a hospital with a skull fracture and brain bleed, Buttle said.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2023
• And Russell Westbrook, who has missed the last 12 games with a fracture in his left hand, is expected back soon, perhaps in time for Monday’s game.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
• When the girl was discharged from the hospital, she was diagnosed to have had healing injuries as well as a new fracture to her left arm.
  — The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2023
• Ryan also suffered a fracture in her sacrum, at the junction where the spine connects to the pelvis, said another one of her surgeons, Andrew Mo.
  — Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023

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fracture

2 of 2 verb

• Her wrist fractured when she fell on the ice.
• These problems may fracture the unity of the two parties.
• Their fragile happiness fractured all too soon.
• Their happiness was fractured by an unforeseen tragedy.
• At the same time, a third climber in the group, a 34-year-old male, fell about 40 feet when the ice column fractured.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
• Moser’s right wrist and left toe were fractured, court records said.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 30 May 2023
• The Heat again won’t have Tyler Herro, who fractured his right hand in Game 1.
  — Steve Megargee, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
• Nearby, a snow cornice close to the rim had fractured and fell into the crater of the mountain.
  — Jillian Sykes, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
• The comments could’ve caused the Lakers to fracture, the front office to panic or the team to splinter.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2023
• On May 17 against the Dodgers, Gordon fouled a pitch off his right leg and fractured his right tibia.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
• The geography of the city has been fracturing for a while now.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
• Their plan as a group, to the gardeners who know, Was to fracture your ankles and sprain all your toes.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2022
• These spasms can be strong enough to fracture bone, and any fall can lead to severe injury.
  — Raenu Charles, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022
• With less of a sea ice shield in front of the ice shelves, waves are freer to pound on them, weakening and fracturing them.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
• Fueled by drugs and egos, the group quickly began to fracture.
  — Jim Farber, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
• The blanket of cloud seemed to fracture and separate into long strips and strands.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
• The white main rotor blade was fractured found in an adjacent field.
  — CBS News, 5 Feb. 2024
• Jung fractured his left thumb vs. the Miami Marlins on Aug. 6, landed on the injured list the next day and hasn’t played since.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
• Kelly fractured a bone in his right forearm when he was hit by a pitch in a spring training game on March 20.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2023
• Anzalone fractured three ribs in the Lions' Week 18 win over the Minnesota Vikings and has played the past two games with the injury.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2024
• In the 2022 season, Kreidler fractured the fifth metacarpal on his right hand in late April and needed a surgical fix.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023
• When the engines lit on the April test flight, the blast fractured the concrete foundation below the pedestal where the rocket sits before liftoff.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
• Strong bones: The pair took a close look at the common belief drinking milk creates healthy bones that will be less likely to fracture.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 15 Nov. 2022
• The cat fell from the tree during the rescue attempt and fractured his leg, according to Anderson.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
• Silas kept his locker room from fracturing even amid a 60-loss campaign.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 11 Apr. 2023
• All these fracturing realties, past and present, will take some getting used to.
  — Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
• Some of that debris hit Courtemanche – who seemed to be wearing flip-flop sandals – fracturing both of his feet.
  — Victor Ordonez, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2023
• The move led to him dislocating his shoulders and fracturing his neck.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
• Others close to the negotiations push back on the notion that the alliance is fractured.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
• Lin pulled a gun and fired, the bullet fracturing Liu’s hipbone, according to court documents.
  — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024