How to Use bone spur in a Sentence

bone spur

noun
  • Aging can also cause spine changes like bone spurs, which could lead to flare-ups.
    — Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Small bone spurs were found in more than half of participants.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Friction between bones may also lead to bone spurs—bone growth at the edge of bones.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Four for education and one for having had bone spurs in his feet.
    — Adam Edelman, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Betts is moving around better at Dodgers camp now that the bone spur in his right hip has healed.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Luplow’s surgery involved the removal of a bone spur in his ankle.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2021
  • One-third of those showed the bone spur, with the frequency decreasing with age.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 20 June 2019
  • The upcoming surgery will be to remove a bone spur in his pitching elbow.
    — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Wall had undergone surgery three weeks earlier to remove bone spurs in his left heel.
    — Jon Becker, The Mercury News, 12 June 2019
  • Freeman has struggled with bone spurs in his right elbow and at one point last month could not straighten his right arm.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Doctors then discovered the bone spur, which required surgery.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • Pain on the back of the elbow while throwing may be caused by bone spurs or soft tissue impingement.
    — Dr. Harlan Selesnick, miamiherald, 15 June 2018
  • Urshela played for the first time since Wednesday due to a bone spur in his throwing elbow.
    — Larry Fleisher, Star Tribune, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Spencer Schwellenbach had surgery to remove bone spurs from the elbow in his pitching arm.
    — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Rochelin, from Arizona State, had bone spur surgery and is out for a couple months.
    — oregonlive, 28 Sep. 2022
  • His season-long issues with injuries appear to be related to a bone spur in his right hip.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Stewart, who is on the IL with a bone spur in his left foot, threw 17 pitches.
    — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
  • English, 32, had been feeling the affects of a torn labrum and a bone spur since his college days.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2022
  • San Diego then placed him on the 60-day IL with a bone spur in his right elbow.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • After beginning slowly at the plate, Betts was sidelined by a bone spur in his right hip.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Linebacker Bradley Chubb has yet to return from ankle surgery to remove a bone spur.
    — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Snell underwent surgery Tuesday to remove three bone spurs from his left elbow.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 20 May 2026
  • Earlier this year, Burks was battling a bone spur injury that cast doubt on her Olympic dreams.
    — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 22 July 2021
  • Payton said Bonitto had a small, non-weight-bearing bone spur on his foot removed and should be back to work next week.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The bone spurs identified in the study ranged in size from 10 to 31 millimeters.
    — NBC News, 20 June 2019
  • Febles, who joined the coaching staff last season, has been dealing with bone spurs since his playing career, then came down with a case of gout.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
  • These types of bone spurs are more commonly found in the elderly, and are assumed to be a normal part of the aging process.
    — Allen Kim, CNN, 21 June 2019
  • After gritting his way through the relays, Bromell went home and underwent surgery to remove the bone spur.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 19 June 2021
  • According to the Post, young people are more and more developing bone spurs, or hard bony bumps, on the back of their skulls.
    — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 20 June 2019
  • Betts received a cortisone injection last Thursday to help ease the pain in his hip stemming from the bone spur.
    — Ethan Sears, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2021

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