How to Use metatarsal in a Sentence

metatarsal

1 of 2 adjective

• The metatarsal bones run between the midfoot and the toes.
  — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• The metatarsal bones are one to five, middle joints numbered from big toe on out.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2020
• The injury is caused when one or more of the metatarsal bones in one's toes becomes detached from the tarsal bones in the foot.
  — Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• In the fourth toe, the metatarsal head was domed just like a modern human’s, but other aspects of the shape of the bone looked more ape-like.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2018
• Their metatarsal bones were bunched together rather than splayed out.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2010
• Warner had suffered a lisfranc injury, where one or more of the metatarsal bones were displaced from the tarsus.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
• Enter: the EnergyRods, which are intended to line up with your metatarsal bones, those thin bones that run through from your toes to your ankles.
  — Mirel Zaman, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• Usually, that pain comes from metatarsal capsulitis: swelling in the capsule surrounding the joint where your toe meets your foot, typically at the second toe.
  — Outside Online, 17 June 2019
• The metatarsal bones run between the midfoot and the toes.
  — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• The metatarsal bones are one to five, middle joints numbered from big toe on out.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2020
• The injury is caused when one or more of the metatarsal bones in one's toes becomes detached from the tarsal bones in the foot.
  — Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• In the fourth toe, the metatarsal head was domed just like a modern human’s, but other aspects of the shape of the bone looked more ape-like.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2018
• Their metatarsal bones were bunched together rather than splayed out.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2010
• Warner had suffered a lisfranc injury, where one or more of the metatarsal bones were displaced from the tarsus.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
• Enter: the EnergyRods, which are intended to line up with your metatarsal bones, those thin bones that run through from your toes to your ankles.
  — Mirel Zaman, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• Usually, that pain comes from metatarsal capsulitis: swelling in the capsule surrounding the joint where your toe meets your foot, typically at the second toe.
  — Outside Online, 17 June 2019

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metatarsal

2 of 2 noun

• My full weight landed on that foot, on the edge of the step, and the little fifth metatarsal bone fractured.
  — Pam Peirce, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
• The Lisfranc ligament connects the metatarsal and tarsal bones in the middle of the foot.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 24 July 2019
• Joiner is believed to have a Jones fracture, which is a break to the fifth metatarsal, or the outside of the foot.
  — Michael Lev, azcentral, 3 Mar. 2020
• Williams missed the team's first 15 games after fracturing the fifth metatarsal of his right foot.
  — Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2021
• The footbed is polyurethane but features the same arch and metatarsal support as the classic design.
  — Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2022
• He had just been cleared to play for East Catholic after breaking a metatarsal in his left foot in a game Feb. 14.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2022
• The next day, a doctor informed me that my fifth metatarsal was fractured.
  — James Barrett, Redbook, 21 Feb. 2020
• Lawrence fractured his fifth metatarsal in a 1-on-1 rush drill Wednesday.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
• Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence broke the fifth metatarsal in his right foot and will be out for six to eight weeks.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
• An X-ray revealed a fractured second metatarsal in my left foot.
  — James Lucas, Outside Online, 31 Mar. 2017
• The Saint Louis signee broke a bone in her left foot — the fifth metatarsal — getting out of her car last Easter at a Speedway gas station.
  — Michael Osipoff, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• According to the reports, the fear was that Henry sustained a Jones fracture, which is a break between the base and the middle part of the fifth metatarsal of the foot.
  — Ben Arthur, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
• The Reds then pulled him from the game, and x-rays taken at the stadium revealed a small fracture low on his fifth metatarsal in his left foot.
  — Zach Buchanan, Cincinnati.com, 15 Aug. 2017
• He was diagnosed with a fracture of the left first metatarsal — the same area that was bruised while on the road trip to the West Coast, but unrelated to the injury.
  — Maria Torres, kansascity, 15 June 2018
• Olsen missed most of the season after sustaining a Jones fracture, a break between the base and middle part of the fifth metatarsal.
  — Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 2 Feb. 2018
• Its second, third, and fourth toes all had domed metatarsal heads that looked a lot more like those of modern humans than modern apes.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2018
• Underneath the uniform were a single tooth, two right rib fragments, one long bone fragment and the metatarsal from a right pinkie.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2021
• Fixsen was diagnosed with a stress reaction in the second metatarsal last week.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 11 June 2017
• In the early waves of media reports about this foot injury, Fox’s Jay Glazer said Henry broke the fifth metatarsal in his foot.
  — Gentry Estes, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
• The defensive tackle from Auburn had surgery last week after fracturing the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot.
  — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 7 Aug. 2017
• After a battery of tests, PSG announced that Neymar had a cracked the fifth metatarsal in his right foot, along with an ankle injury.
  — Samuel Peterquin, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• After insertion, the Cartiva cartilage protrudes slightly from the metatarsal bone at the base of the big toe.
  — Laura Johannes, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2018
• And that high, rounded top at the head of the metatarsal gives the joint more range of motion, which makes that hyperextension more effective.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2018
• Symptoms include tenderness over the middle or most distal portion of the metatarsal (long foot bone) with moderate swelling on the top of the foot.
  — Julie Isphording, Cincinnati.com, 10 July 2017
• Cox had double-doubles in each of Baylor's first two games before an MRI showed a stress reaction to the second metatarsal on her right foot.
  — Houston Chronicle, 30 Dec. 2019
• The Royals will be without Soler, who now owns crutches and can't skip off the field in victory, for at least the next six weeks because of a fractured left first metatarsal.
  — Maria Torres, kansascity, 16 June 2018
• The two-time team captain will undergo surgery on the fifth metatarsal of his right foot for the second time in less than 14 months after developing a new fracture.
  — Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 7 Nov. 2020
• Shamet, a sophomore guard at Wichita State, will undergo surgery to repair a stress fracture in the fifth metatarsal in his right foot in Wichita.
  — By Paul Suellentrop, kansascity, 29 July 2017
• The Cowboys will need this sort of performance consistently, given Lawrence is scheduled to miss at least six to eight weeks with a fractured fifth metatarsal.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2021
• DiVincenzo played in eight games as a true freshman before he was diagnosed with a fractured metatarsal in his right foot.
  — Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 20 Mar. 2018

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