How to Use fractured in a Sentence

fractured

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  • She was treated for a fractured hand and for a head wound.
    — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
  • There’s such a fractured landscape, and so many barriers.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The 3-year-old suffered a bite on the back and a fractured finger.
    — Fabiana Chaparro, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • But the peace prize can serve as a beacon of hope in fraught and fractured times.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
  • George must bounce between the shards of his fractured mind.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 6 May 2023
  • Chapman suffers a fractured skull and dies the next day.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Noah was naked, the base of his skull had been split in two, his spine was fractured and an 8-inch head wound peeled back part of his scalp to the bone.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
  • Or why their best player, Clayton Keller, is out for the year with a fractured leg?
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The X-rays revealed a fractured wrist and the doctor said the bones were well positioned.
    — Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The red main rotor blade was also fractured and found near the main rotor hub.
    — CBS News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • After Prescott went down with a fractured thumb on his throwing hand in Week 1, Rush stepped in and went 4-1.
    — Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The boy tripped and fell in preschool and suffered an injury that required surgery and the placement of rods in his fractured leg.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The Uber driver, Michelle Lee, had a fractured neck and ribs and massive head trauma.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • There, a doctor told her the hospital didn't have the equipment to treat her fractured bones.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • In an era where the U.S. is deeply fractured and many worry about the future, a world fair could be an antidote.
    — Ruth D. Nelson / Made By History, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The Long Beach State product has been out since suffering a fractured wrist on Sept. 6.
    — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Prescott threw for 207 yards and a touchdown after missing five games with a fractured right thumb.
    — Mark Maske, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Russell Westbrook is still out with a fractured left hand.
    — Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The medical care, including X-rays and a cast for a fractured wrist, set her back about $3,000.
    — Miriam Jordan Adam Perez, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The man suffered a cut on his forehead, a fractured leg and fractures of his neck and back vertebrae.
    — Karen Kucher jan. 23, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2023
  • During the closure crews will replace two of the bridge’s three expansion joints and a fractured floor beam.
    — oregonlive, 17 July 2023
  • Hall suffered a fractured leg and required stitches to his arm.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Then in Week 2, running back Isiah Pacheco suffered a fractured fibula in the clash with the Bengals.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Their job, said Ashwin Vasan, the city’s health commissioner, is to be the glue that holds together the pieces of a fractured life.
    — Andy Newman Hiroko Masuike, New York Times, 3 May 2023
  • Soothing our fractured world sure sounds like a tall order for a muted mix of pink and orange.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Now the team awaits word on Herbert, who was already playing with a fractured finger on his left hand.
    — Jay Paris, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The driver of the Dodge was taken to a hospital with a fractured femur, Foster said.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Jamie suffered a fractured spine and a laceration to his head, per the reports, but told WRAL that no pain is worse than the death of his wife.
    — Brian Brant, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Aerosmith have now pushed the entirety of the tour back to 2024 due to Tyler’s damaged vocal cords and fractured larynx.
    — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Mitchell survived the March crash but suffered a fractured neck and a broken leg and had to be placed on a ventilator.
    — Faiz Siddiqui, Jeremy B. Merrill, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2023

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