How to Use splint in a Sentence

splint

noun

• His leg was in a splint.
• The leg was placed in a splint and Morevino was vanned to the on-site clinic.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2021
• For the first time since his injury, the splint came off and Allen used both hands.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Apr. 2022
• Her first airplane trip was to Japan with a one-year old in a body splint.
  — courant.com, 5 June 2018
• Edelman was first spotted with a small splint on the base of his left thumb.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2019
• Juliana had a minor sprain and went home with a splint.
  — NBC News, 25 Apr. 2020
• In a release, the team said Payne will wear a splint for the next seven to 10 days and then a boot for six to eight weeks.
  — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• In his shock, Lewis had forgotten to build any kind of splint.
  — Benjamin Alva Polley, Outside Online, 12 Jan. 2022
• Later, Tori shared a video of her son standing on her lap in the car without the splint.
  — Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 4 June 2018
• Lane practiced Friday and should be able to play with the injury and splint/tape.
  — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• At the hospital, his eye was patched and his wrist fitted with a splint.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2021
• If the stem is very weak, use a stick or dowel as a splint to prevent the stem from breaking off.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2022
• The first-round draft pick is wearing a splint to protect his finger.
  — Aaron Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2019
• Suarez posted a video after the race showing his left hand wrapped in a splint.
  — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• One of the patrollers was wrapping the skier’s right knee in an orange splint.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 25 Nov. 2022
• Janey caught himself with his arm, which was put into a splint and bandaged.
  — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2019
• Bradley will be able to play with his thumb in a splint while Ariza is still doing noncontact work.
  — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
• Then, Linberg wrapped the leg in gauze and attached a temporary splint.
  — Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2019
• Piks, who is headed to Lake Erie College, played with two fingers on his right hand wrapped in a splint.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2020
• The redshirt sophomore was wearing a splint to cover his left thumb.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2019
• There would be no need for splint for the game and would expect minimum impact on Brady.
  — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Jan. 2018
• Even the pinkie finger on his left hand has been a problem; Desir slipped a splint on it in the locker room after the win.
  — Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2019
• The medical student, who asked that she not be named, spent hours on the floor with her bloody leg set in a splint made of sticks and cardboard.
  — Joshua Partlow, chicagotribune.com, 14 July 2018
• The Tigers are sending Soto, who has his finger in a splint, to a hand specialist.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2021
• Green, who sported a splint on his left middle finger, will be out a couple of weeks.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2020
• When Stephen broke his leg, the others fashioned a splint; his leg healed perfectly.
  — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2021
• Can be used as a make-shift splint in a medical emergency.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 27 July 2023
• Any treatment beyond splints and stitches requires a trip to Marrakesh, about an hour and a half away.
  — Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
• Locastro needed four stitches to close a wound on the finger, which was straightened and placed in a splint . . .
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
• For a limb, use a splint and padding to keep it still, then elevate it. Put a cold pack on the injury—but not directly on the skin.
  — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024