How to Use injury-prone in a Sentence
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For the Lakers to compete for a championship, the injury-prone Davis will have to remain healthy.
— Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023 -
Harder running surfaces and a stiff shoe are the best bet for injury-prone calf muscles.
— Ian McMahan, Outside Online, 18 Sep. 2020 -
Second-year lineman Tyre Phillips has been injury-prone, and his future could be at guard.
— Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 30 Dec. 2021 -
As a result, trail runners are no more or less injury-prone than road runners.
— Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 5 Oct. 2023 -
However, Harden has been injury-prone that past two seasons and has lost a step.
— oregonlive, 30 June 2023 -
But he was labeled as an injury-prone player early in his NBA career through no fault of his own.
— C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2022 -
The Guardians already have enough poor fielding, streaky and injury-prone outfielders.
— Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2021 -
To get him, the Dodgers traded their own injury-prone pitcher in Pepiot, who also has a high upside.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023 -
The utility infielder has been injury-prone dating back to his years in the minors in the Giants system.
— Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023 -
Buehler stumbling would leave the team exposed if the injury-prone Glasnow goes down again or Yoshinobu Yamamoto fatigues in the late stages of the season.
— Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024 -
It’s been a dizzying run of injuries and poor performance at the game’s most important position for the game, but injury-prone Browns.
— Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023 -
Hughes, meanwhile, has shown electric talent in his three seasons, but has been injury-prone.
— Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2022 -
Say injury-prone Trout can play 140 regular-season games.
— Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023 -
His first player was injury-prone ace Jacob deGrom, who at $23 could be a huge bargain … or an expensive bust.
— Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2023 -
Things are so unsettled, their most reliable pitcher is the aging and injury-prone Kershaw.
— Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023 -
Things are so unsettled, their most reliable pitcher is the aging and injury-prone Kershaw.
— Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023 -
At the end of last season, Severino looked an awful lot like the unhittable pitcher of yore and less like the erratic, injury-prone hurler that many feared would be his new permanent state.
— Matthew Roberson, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2022 -
Glasnow has kept a schedule similar to Yamamoto’s, as the Dodgers are mindful of how the injury-prone right-hander has never pitched more than 120 innings during a season.
— Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024 -
The Yankees have said that the injury-prone Loáisiga is indeed healthy this spring after multiple elbow issues, including surgery to remove a bone spur, limited him to 17 games last year.
— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024 -
He was afforded an opportunity to run it back with a talented but injury-prone roster.
— Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023 -
Ball and LaVine are cornerstones for the Bulls, but both are also injury-prone, a vulnerability highlighted by their absences last season.
— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2022 -
Their primary backup, injury-prone Adalberto Mondesí, will open the season on the injured list recovering from knee surgery.
— Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023 -
There is a differing argument that Butler, about to turn 35 and injury-prone, is not worth the investment -- and that Miami cannot compete for a championship if Butler remains their top player.
— Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 12 May 2024 -
After garnering a reputation as injury-prone early in his career, Hays is approaching two years since his last injured list stint, playing through severe cuts, bruises and muscles tears in that time.
— Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2023 -
After garnering a reputation as injury-prone early in his career, Hays is approaching two years since his last injured list stint, playing through severe cuts, bruises and muscles tears in that time.
— Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2023 -
Albeit saddled with a horrendous offensive line, a lackluster run game that averages just 3.4 yards per carry (second worst in NFL), an injury-prone receiving unit and an inconsistent defense.
— Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Nov. 2021
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