How to Use adductor in a Sentence

adductor

noun
  • Galvis then had to come out of the game with left adductor soreness.
    — Todd Karpovich, courant.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Roll along the entire length of your adductors from the groins to just before the knee.
    — Dana Santas, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Then another adductor strain last month, and now this.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Goodrum has been diagnosed with an adductor strain and will be sidelined for up to two weeks.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2019
  • Cut the adductor muscle that holds the shell closed, then remove and discard the top shell.
    — Rai Mincey, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The left-hander missed most of the season’s first three-and-a-half months due to a left adductor and groin strain.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024
  • Tilt your upper body slightly forward to stretch the adductors.
    — Claudia Herwig, Glamour, 20 May 2025
  • Siakam is expected to miss at least two weeks because of a strained right adductor muscle.
    — Ian Harrison, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
  • This can end up putting too much stress and strain on your spine, hamstring and hip adductor muscles, knees and even your ankles.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
  • This wide-legged forward bend creates space not just along the backs of your legs but in the hip adductors of the inner thighs.
    — Kate Pitts, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Lewis is dealing with an adductor strain that the Twins expected would keep him out for a few weeks.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 19 July 2024
  • In obvious pain, he was carted off the field with a left hamstring/adductor strain.
    — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Third baseman Josh Jung will be out a week-and-a-half with a grade 1 adductor strain.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Wiggins has missed the Warriors’ last five games because of a right adductor strain.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The goalkeeper has been ruled out due to an adductor injury in his left leg, though a date has not yet been set for his return.
    — Sam Leveridge, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Ryu had discomfort in the adductor muscle on his left side earlier in the week.
    — Orange County Register, 1 Mar. 2017
  • This aims to get the inner thighs and adductor muscles loosened up to decrease tension there.
    — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 17 Oct. 2022
  • But Davis suffered a left adductor strain in the third quarter, which kept him out of the lineup for the next six weeks.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Starting guard Fred VanVleet missed his third straight game with a left adductor strain.
    — Bill Trocchi, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Wainwright has missed the first few starts of the season with a strain of the groin/adductor muscle that happened in March.
    — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2023
  • Specifically, his right adductor, four balls into his second over of the day.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • So when an issue with his adductor flared up in the preseason, Guhle opted to rest it.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Gary Harris was having a rocky season before the adductor strain sidelined him for a few games.
    — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Davis was limited to nine games last season with the Mavericks due to an adductor strain.
    — Christian Clark, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Curry’s brother, Seth, has missed the past eight games with a left adductor strain.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But the 27-year-old forward wound up missing 11 games because of his right adductor strain.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Snell has been on the IL multiple times in recent years with groin or adductor injuries.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2025
  • This means your breathing patterns can support adductor function.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Center fielder Denzel Clarke missed most of the second half with a right adductor strain.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Maeda had a right adductor strain and general right arm soreness and last pitched on May 22.
    — Brian Hall, Chron, 14 June 2021

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