How to Use cortisone in a Sentence

cortisone

noun
  • And that doctor just gave me a cortisone shot and sent me home.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The cortisone shot didn't help?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Williams had two cortisone shots but his wrist remained painful and swollen.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
  • Senga received a cortisone shot and will be shut down for three to five days.
    — Mike Fitzpatrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2024
  • That’s a lot of people with itchy skin reaching for cortisone cream.
    — Glamour, 7 Nov. 2022
  • LeMahieu took a few days to rest following the cortisone shot.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • Foxx said he was later told that his sister and daughter took him to a doctor, who gave him a cortisone shot.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 July 2024
  • He was told that his friends took him to a doctor in Atlanta who gave him a cortisone shot and sent him on his way.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
  • And if your feet are super itchy, a little cortisone cream can help, Brenner says.
    — Women's Health, 10 June 2023
  • For the next several months, Helfer was treated with cortisone shots on her bald spots.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
  • My feet, with plantar fasciitis far worse in the right, the same foot that was treated with cortisone shots last summer.
    — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Kershaw was given a cortisone shot and was only supposed to miss a couple of weeks.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In the past, it could always be handled with a little downtime, some rehab and maybe a cortisone shot.
    — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Nuñez had two cortisone shots in an effort to bring down inflammation in the shoulder.
    — Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2017
  • Foxx went on to explain in the footage that he was told his sister and his daughter took him to a doctor, who gave him a cortisone shot.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
  • To deal with eczema-like symptoms of redness and itching, a topical steroid like cortisone is best.
    — Janae McKenzie, Glamour, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Anthony had a cortisone shot last week and had begun throwing over the weekend.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Flutie got a cortisone shot in his knee and, without a single training run, showed up on race day in shorts and sneakers.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • In college, players with chronic pain sometimes got cortisone shots to get through the season.
    — Gwendolyn Oxenham, SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The prized prospect received both cortisone and platelet-rich plasma injections.
    — Michael Wagaman, Star Tribune, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The outfielder received a cortisone shot in his sore right oblique on Sunday.
    — Kerry Crowley, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2019
  • His doctor gave him a cortisone shot during the comatose period and his doctor sent him home.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Anthony had been wearing a brace on his right wrist after receiving a cortisone shot this week.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • LeMahieu had a cortisone shot in his right hip three weeks ago, but at the time, Boone called it precautionary.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • 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
  • The team now believes Betts can get through the season with cortisone and have the spur removed afterward.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
  • However, if done incorrectly, a cortisone shot can leave a small depression in the skin that lasts about eight weeks.
    — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The mural also pays homage to Julian’s love of tulips and his work with soybeans in the production of cortisone.
    — Caitlin Mullen, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • Jerad Eickhoff had a cortisone shot Monday and the Phillies do not have a timetable for his return.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 12 June 2018
  • One of his patients recently traveled from Italy to get nothing more than a cortisone injection in the hip.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023

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