Examples of dislocate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Mateo dislocated his left elbow during a game against the Miami Marlins last month. Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024 While chatting with Men’s Health in 2022, the actor admitted to suffering various injuries over the course of a year and a half, including tearing his anterior cruciate ligament, dislocating his shoulder, breaking his wrist, and throwing his back out. Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2024 Then on the Boston Celtics, Hayward fractured his tibia and dislocated his ankle just minutes into the season opener. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024 Instead, Sharp and the others went from dolphin to dolphin, rolling those that were on their sides onto their bellies and then hand-digging the sand out from beneath the dolphins’ nine-inch pectoral fins so the appendages wouldn’t dislocate. Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 19 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for dislocate 

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“Dislocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislocate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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