How to Use fracture in a Sentence

fracture

1 of 2 noun
  • She suffered a wrist fracture when she slipped on the ice.
  • Who doesn’t want fractures to be healed?
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 3 June 2026
  • He's got 11 fractures of his ribs.
    — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Not all of them has involved bones and fractures.
    — Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The girl was injured, with a fracture to her skull.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • This goes up to six to eight weeks when the fracture is more complex.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This is more than just a slight hairline fracture that will heal on its own.
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Counsell said the fracture has healed.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The result was a tibial plateau fracture in her left leg.
    — Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman, 8 Feb. 2026
  • He was sidelined with a hamate bone fracture in his right hand.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The way the bone splintered is known as a distal humerus fracture.
    — Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Tucker dealt with a hairline fracture in his right hand and left calf strain.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The crash had left her with a complex tibia fracture.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Rourke suffered a fracture in her right wrist that required surgery.
    — Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2026
  • He was found at a nearby park with two broken arm bones and a fracture of his neck.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Priya’s team has since seen these fractures in the hearts of chicken embryos.
    — Clare Watson, Quanta Magazine, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Imaging done that night revealed a fracture near the fourth metacarpal.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The orbital fractures were only part of it.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The woman, who suffered fractures to her skull, was killed.
    — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Holmes remained in the game despite the fracture.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
  • So, no, a little ol’ wrist fracture didn’t derail this ride.
    — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Some of these types of fractures heal with time in a splint, but most often surgery is the only fix.
    — Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Like in solids, this provides enough time for stress to build up enough for a sudden fracture to form.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Skull and inner ear fractures spun me out of body and consciousness.
    — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026
  • His head sustained a small temporal fracture and a small brain bleed.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
  • Whether the fracture is open or closed can also impact whether it is termed as complex.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • That feels like the first sign of a fracture in that relationship.
    — Max Gao, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2026
  • If the fracture was at either of the joints, then the repair becomes a two-step process.
    — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The girl, who was adopted, had cuts and bruises and still-healing fractures.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2023
  • There was the ankle sprain, then the rib fracture that left him sidelined for much of the summer.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

fracture

2 of 2 verb
  • Her wrist fractured when she fell on the ice.
  • These problems may fracture the unity of the two parties.
  • Their fragile happiness fractured all too soon.
  • Their happiness was fractured by an unforeseen tragedy.
  • At the time, the men’s team was fractured.
    — Ali Rampling, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The squeeze fractured two ribs.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The chief said the sergeant was struck in the head and his skull was fractured.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Nix had fractured a bone in his ankle.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The regime has been fragile and fractured for years.
    — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Over the last 12 months, that bedrock has been fractured.
    — Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Both hands were fractured, as well as his wrist, femur, and foot.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Since then, the alliances forged in tragedy have been fractured.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Much like in a civil war, the group fractured into two.
    — Jason P. Dinh, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But those plans are fracturing.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
  • Ramírez fractured his hamate bone on a swing in the fifth inning.
    — ABC News, 13 June 2026
  • The dispute fractured the group.
    — Uc Berkeley, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
  • His wife fractured bones from falling off the roof, Brown said.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Today, Bean says her heart is no longer fractured.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • As for Liam, the teen fractured his femurs and lost his left arm.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • In Pearl, the white of the slopes is fractured by patterns and skin tones.
    — Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The chants came in unison, then fractured, then roared back louder.
    — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
  • These spasms can be strong enough to fracture bone, and any fall can lead to severe injury.
    — Raenu Charles, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Hit a rock and just go flying and fractured my hip in multiple places.
    — Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The white main rotor blade was fractured found in an adjacent field.
    — CBS News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Nix, Payton said, had fractured a bone in his right ankle.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Fueled by drugs and egos, the group quickly began to fracture.
    — Jim Farber, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The blast fractured his right ulna in four places, leaving him with shrapnel wounds.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Had my mother or father ever fractured a hip?
    — Alice Gregory, Vogue, 11 May 2026
  • Sea ice is fracturing and melting.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Today, that united front has fractured.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026

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