How to Use meniscus in a Sentence

meniscus

noun
  • His right knee, with a torn meniscus, just wouldn’t loosen up.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 19 May 2021
  • Then Dart hurt his meniscus in his knee and missed four weeks.
    — Nick Suss, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Woodyard missed his team’s last three games with a torn meniscus.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Trout is just shy of nine weeks past surgery to repair a torn meniscus.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 4 July 2024
  • The torn meniscus shattered that plan.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The meniscus is the disk of cartilage that sits in your knee joint.
    — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Then came the biggest blow with Gavi’s torn meniscus.
    — Pol Ballús, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Sabonis has surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his left knee.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But the wall of text is like a curtain, or the meniscus on a body of water.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022
  • That’s the meniscus—the point where chemists measure liquids.
    — Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh, National Geographic, 20 May 2020
  • Nill said the first surgery cleaned up Bishop’s knee, and his meniscus was not as bad then.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Trout has been out since April 29 because of a torn meniscus.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 24 July 2024
  • Gavi recently came back from a meniscus tear that had him out injured for over six months.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • Tello tore three ligaments and the meniscus in her right knee.
    — Ivan Orozco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Cabrales suffered a meniscus tear in his right knee before the first match of the season.
    — Mark Perlman, chicagotribune.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Bales worked his way back from that injury only to suffer a torn meniscus in his knee in the spring.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Dave from Atlanta tore a meniscus bowling.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 22 June 2026
  • Hobbs had surgery to repair a partial meniscus tear in his right knee earlier this month.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • According to a league source, the injury is believed to be a torn meniscus.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Guzman will have surgery Wednesday to repair a tear in his right meniscus.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Philon tore his meniscus during the playoffs of his senior year with the Wolves.
    — Mark Heim, AL.com, 27 June 2017
  • While playing with his kids, Boyd suffered a meniscus injury in his left knee.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • The catcher underwent surgery in mid-May for a torn meniscus in his right knee.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026
  • Cheerios, ants, and paper clips all get pushed slightly upwards to the high point of the meniscus.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 16 Sep. 2022
  • During the fourth of those workouts, though, Walker tore the meniscus in his right knee.
    — Christy Cabrera Chirinos, Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 July 2017
  • When Sarah had knee surgery for a torn meniscus in her running prime, Stephanie helped her back on her feet.
    — Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Kone missed the start of his sophomore season to fix a meniscus issue in the same knee, sitting out eight games.
    — Danny Moran, OregonLive.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Kovelesky is also coming back from surgery at the end of March for a torn meniscus in her right knee.
    — Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Uribe pitched only three innings in 2022 due to a torn meniscus.
    — Emmett Prosser, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2023
  • His torn meniscus altered O’Connell’s plan.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

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