How to Use intercostal in a Sentence

intercostal

adjective
  • Perez has missed three straight games while battling an intercostal strain in his right side.
    — Rustin Dodd, kansascity, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Winker was sidelined for a month with an intercostal strain, a rib cage injury.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Wick’s intercostal injury might force him to miss the first few weeks of the season.
    — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Griffin has been on the disabled list since May 27 with a left intercostal strain.
    — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 2 Aug. 2017
  • At the same time, the intercostal muscles between the ribs move the rib cage up and out — all of which expands the lungs and draws in air.
    — Greg Miller, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Then Winker re-aggravated his intercostal injury on a swing in the eighth inning of his first game back.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Pence, who had mild irritation in an intercostal muscle in his side, has taken swings in live batting practice the last two days.
    — Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2017
  • But Starling Marte struck out to end the inning and even worse, Nimmo tweaked the intercostal muscle on his right side in that at-bat.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 May 2024
  • Hicks has never played in 140 ball games in a season and has battled through a series of back, oblique, hamstring, and intercostal muscle strains.
    — Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Guardians manager Terry Francona had described the injury as a mild intercostal strain.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 26 July 2022
  • Upper-body stretches help optimize your oxygen intake and strengthen the intercostal muscles lining the ribs.
    — Philly.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Prior to leaving the game in the fifth with mild intercostal soreness, Adam Duvall continued to be a nemesis to his former team.
    — sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2021
  • An oblique injury ended his 2020 season prematurely, and then the intercostal issue cropped up.
    — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The Silver Slugger winner never gained any traction, getting off to a slow start, then being sidelined because of an intercostal strain.
    — La Velle E. Neal Iii, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
  • He was removed after the fourth inning for precautionary reasons with intercostal irritation and is considered day-to-day.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 May 2024
  • The 26-page report describes two stab wounds — one to the right abdomen that perforated the liver and another to the left chest that penetrated an intercostal space.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Coastal Carolina right-hander Cameron Flukey was nails in his first start but was scratched from his second start with a strained intercostal muscle (the muscles between the ribs).
    — Keith Law, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • With Jesse Winker sidelined until likely September with an intercostal strain, Naquin has provided a huge lift at the top of the lineup.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Women typically have a lung capacity of four liters, which Sammy says can be trained, with specific breathing and intercostal stretching, to hold as much as possible.
    — Women's Health, 31 July 2023
  • With equally captivating beachfront and intercostal waters, there’s plenty to keep you interested for an extended weekend or week-long vacation.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 28 June 2024
  • First-round pick 2B Justin Foscue is recovering from an intercostal muscle issue and hasn’t played since May 21.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 June 2021
  • Dobnak is expected to remain in the Twins rotation at least until righthander Jake Odorizzi is ready to pitch in games after recovering from a intercostal strain.
    — La Velle E. Neal Iii, Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2020
  • Reliever Michael Grove was put on the 15-day IL because of a right intercostal muscle strain, an injury that is not expected to sideline the right-hander for more than a few weeks.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2024
  • Missions catcher David Freitas, another possible September call-up on the 40-man roster, has been sidelined with an intercostal strain.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Baumler was put on the 15-day IL with a right intercostal strain and the Rangers called up Luis Curvelo from Triple-A Round Rock to replace him on the roster.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The club will likely be without two of their best three starting pitchers to open the season, as Corbin Burnes works his way back from Tommy John surgery and Merrill Kelly deals with lingering intercostal nerve irritation.
    — Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026

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