How to Use avulsion in a Sentence

avulsion

noun
  • 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
  • Lange sustained an avulsion in his right lat during a minor-league game with the Tigers.
    — Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • An avulsion fracture occurs when a piece of bone attached to a ligament or tendon breaks away from the main part of the bone.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Prescott’s hamstring was partially torn off the bone, a condition known as a partial avulsion.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Cisneros also suffered an avulsion fracture of his ankle, which remains bruised and swollen.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 27 July 2019
  • Rivers occasionally flow over their banks to create a new path, a phenomenon known as an avulsion.
    — Byeli Kintisch, science.org, 17 June 2024
  • Turner played through an avulsion fracture on his dominant hand (right) earlier this season.
    — J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Apr. 2021
  • In addition, backup center Drew Eubanks is out with an avulsion fracture to his left thumb.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • The woman later died from avulsion — or tearing — of skin from her forearms, while also battling dementia, and lung and heart disease.
    — Sahana Jayaraman, AZCentral.com, 27 June 2023
  • During nail avulsion, your healthcare provider will numb the nail with an anesthetic before completely removing it.
    — Courtney Southwick, Health, 12 July 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • To put it in perspective, the most severe type of injury in this area would be a distal tendon avulsion (the hamstring coming unattached by the knee area).
    — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 26 July 2024
  • Enough force applied in the right (or perhaps wrong) direction could even completely separate the toenail from the nail bed, which is called a toenail avulsion.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Backup center Drew Eubanks will be available after missing the past seven games due to an avulsion fracture in his left thumb.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • But starting point guard Sam Cassell suffered an avulsion fracture in his hip at the end of the conference semifinals.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Backup center Drew Eubanks returned after missing seven games due to an avulsion fracture in his left thumb.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 31 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Most avulsion fractures will heal within 12 weeks with rest, ice, compression and elevation, but sometimes surgery is required.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Instead, governments would tend to emerge in the resource-rich areas that remained close to rivers, or in those places that became closer to the new river channel following an avulsion.
    — Jeff Opperman, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Dallas has also dealt with its fair share of changes on the offensive line when Tyron Smith went down with a hamstring injury and avulsion fracture that required surgery.
    — Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The Kings announced Saturday that backup center Drew Eubanks has been diagnosed with an avulsion fracture in his left thumb.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 14 Dec. 2025

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