How to Use rotator cuff in a Sentence

rotator cuff

noun

• The torn rotator cuff couldn't keep Smith away from the job for long.
  — Alaa Abdeldaiem, SI.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• But the capsule and the rotator cuff had to be repaired as well.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2018
• The lack of strength on downfield throws is due to the rotator cuff injury.
  — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• And throwing the ball with a stiff shoulder could lead to a torn rotator cuff.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 16 June 2018
• Bieber in 2021 pitched with a strained rotator cuff in his right shoulder.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 16 July 2023
• That allows access from the front to replace the shoulder joint, and then the rotator cuff needs to be reattached at the end of the surgery.
  — Orthocincy, Cincinnati.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• Votto had surgery to repair the biceps and the rotator cuff in his left shoulder on Aug. 19 and missed the last 46 games of the season . . .
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023
• Bush missed two months with an injury to his right rotator cuff.
  — Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 24 June 2023
• The muscles of the rotator cuff move and stabilize the shoulder.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2022
• Tommy John surgery in the spring of 1991 and, a year later, rotator cuff repair.
  — Tim Layden, SI.com, 28 June 2019
• But she then was forced to miss nearly all the clay-court season and miss all the grass-court season with a torn rotator cuff.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2019
• Owens said the wreck punctured a lung, tore a rotator cuff and broke his left collar bone, shoulder blade and all but one of his ribs.
  — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 6 Apr. 2018
• Cortes, an All-Star last season, has pitched once since May because of a rotator cuff strain.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2023
• McKenzie missed the 2019 season with a strained muscle in his right rotator cuff while in the minor leagues.
  — Tom Withers, ajc, 28 Mar. 2023
• The 39-year-old, coming back from surgery to repair his left biceps and rotator cuff, had not played since last Aug. 16.
  — Jeff Wallner, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
• In 2019, Winser had two rotator cuff surgeries and reached out for help on the Nextdoor app to hire a driver to take her to appointments.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2020
• That shoulder problem turned out to be a torn rotator cuff.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2019
• This is where the rotator cuff muscles are running through.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 10 Nov. 2022
• My rotator cuffs were on fire, and waves started coming up over my kayak.
  — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2017
• Any movement of the arm or shoulder needs to be balanced by the rotator cuff for the shoulder to work properly.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 29 June 2022
• This time, the 32-year-old Watt suffered a torn labrum, rotator cuff and biceps in a Week 7 win over the Texans in late October.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 18 Jan. 2022
• Tighten your armpits and make sure your shoulders are pulled back to activate the muscles in the rotator cuff area.
  — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 23 Feb. 2023
• No rotator cuff, no biceps tendon, which was a lucky break.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Oct. 2021
• There’s not a rotator cuff, knee or ankle on Flannery that has dodged the surgical knife.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
• The most common type of shoulder surgery is rotator cuff repair.
  — Dallas News, 15 Nov. 2022
• For Brian Colvin, whose right rotator cuff is torn, delaying surgery is painful and may worsen the tear.
  — NBC News, 24 June 2021
• Muñoz tore the rotator cuff in his left shoulder and Reimers severely sprained his left ankle.
  — Kyle Brown, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2022
• In July 2019, Isakson took a fall in his apartment that fractured four ribs and tore his rotator cuff.
  — Tamar Hallerman, ajc, 19 Dec. 2021
• Roker had surgery on his left shoulder in 2014 to repair his rotator cuff.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 11 Aug. 2020
• The Arizona Research Center has been running its rotator cuff stem cell study for over a year.
  — AZCentral.com, 13 June 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024