How to Use avulsion in a Sentence

avulsion

noun
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  • Some cases will have an avulsion fracture where the muscle pulls off a bit of the bone it was attached to.
    — SI.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The avulsion injury — where a chunk of bone breaks off its larger piece — caused him to miss the world championships.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • The force of the rollercoaster caused an avulsion of the right internal thoracic artery, Shuck said, per 14 News.
    — Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
  • He was thrown out and left with an injury, which was diagnosed as an avulsion fracture in a finger on his right hand.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2022
  • Both wins came without senior guard Tyrese Martin, sidelined two to four weeks with a slight sprain and an avulsion fracture in his left wrist.
    — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Garoppolo’s avulsion fracture occurred when a small piece of his bone attached to his UCL ligament was pulled away from the bone.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Senior guard Tyrese Martin was also out multiple weeks with slight sprain and an avulsion fracture in his left wrist.
    — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Eric Bledsoe, playing for the first time after missing eight games due to an avulsion fracture to his right fibula, got things going with a layup.
    — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2019
  • The forward suffered an avulsion fracture in his right knee involving the right patella tendon on May 16 in Chicago.
    — Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2021
  • Tyron Smith suffered a torn hamstring tendon with an avulsion fracture to the left knee before the season got underway.
    — Dallas News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Cisneros also suffered an avulsion fracture of his ankle, which remains bruised and swollen.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 27 July 2019
  • When the Stars returned to play in mid-February, Roope Hintz began missing games more consistently due to an avulsion injury in his left groin.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 14 May 2021
  • Coyle is recovering from mid-June surgery to repair an avulsion fracture in his left kneecap and a small tear of the patellar tendon, according to his agent, Bob Norton.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2021
  • That July, Fallon suffered a grueling ring avulsion after tripping and falling on a rug in his home.
    — Yohana Desta, VanityFair.com, 21 Mar. 2017
  • The Suns gave an official release that Paul has suffered a right thumb avulsion fracture in Wednesdays’ game against Houston and will be re-evaluated in six to eight weeks.
    — Duane Rankin, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The official cause of death was listed as exsanguination and avulsion of the right internal thoracic artery, Schuck said in a media release obtained by the Indy Star.
    — Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
  • Mallory suffered an avulsion fracture, nothing with long-term effects, but enough for him to initially be ruled out for the entire season.
    — David Wilson Diehards, ajc, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Turner played through an avulsion fracture on his dominant hand (right) earlier this season.
    — J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Granted, the early-season avulsion fracture of his left index finger hasn’t exactly helped his reacclimation at first base.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 5 July 2019

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