How to Use dislocate in a Sentence

dislocate

verb
  • She fell and dislocated her shoulder.
  • Thousands of workers have been dislocated by the latest economic crisis.
  • The new hotel will dislocate several businesses.
  • The bone in his right arm was dislocated and snapped in half.
    — Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The bone in his right arm was dislocated and snapped in half.
    — Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Much like the grocery store at night where in drag, the lights of we dislocate.
    — Francine J. Harris, The New York Review of Books, 23 July 2020
  • Much like the grocery store at night where in drag, the lights of we dislocate.
    — Francine J. Harris, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2020
  • These are signs that it may be broken or dislocated rather than just sprained.
    — Stacey Colino, Parents, 20 Sep. 2023
  • No need to struggle with pulling these up and over your calves, dislocating a finger in the process.
    — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The rookie of last year dislocated his elbow last month.
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Miller dislocated a knee and damaged an artery, which left him in danger of losing the leg.
    — Kate Shepherd, Chicago Reader, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Tate Johnson dislocated his elbow and will be out the rest of spring.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Zane hit his head on the steering wheel, broke his forearm and dislocated his shoulder.
    — CBS News, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The other staffers started pulling the boy off the first staffer, who fell and dislocated his shoulder.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 28 Feb. 2020
  • The teenager also tried to push him off of her, dislocating her shoulder in the process, the records show.
    — Ryan Tarinelli, Fox News, 27 July 2018
  • The move led to him dislocating his shoulders and fracturing his neck.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Kim dislocated her shoulder and tore her labrum weeks before the Olympics.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Ohtani hasn’t looked right in the two games he’s played since partially dislocating his shoulder.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Warner’s ankle appeared to be dislocated, and he was carted off the field with an air cast on.
    — Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Chris Sale appeared to dislocate his pinky finger when a comebacker hit his left hand.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022
  • Hada first dislocated her shoulder in the third set of that match and sat out 14 matches.
    — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Alex Anzalone has dislocated his right shoulder three times in the past five years.
    — Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 31 May 2018
  • And Mahomes is doubtful for the Chiefs, still on the mend from dislocating a knee.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Maher could also tell whether my shoulder was dislocated just by briskly touching it.
    — Elizabeth Tsurkov, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Boy in the 1700s dislocates his shoulder.
    — Reshma Gopaldas, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The impact of the crash ripped gashes into his forehead, both cheeks and upper lip and dislocated his skull.
    — Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The lawsuit says a team of jailers held her down during the injection, dislocating her thumb.
    — Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2024
  • Bouna Sarr dislocated his should in the semi-finals but is expected to be fit.
    — SI.com, 15 May 2018
  • Mahomes dislocated the patella in the knee while sneaking for a first down in last week’s win in Denver.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Stewart dislocated her ankle and left the gym in an ambulance.
    — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025

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