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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