How to Use pronator in a Sentence

pronator

noun
  • He has been sidelined since spring training with a strained right flexor pronator.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Medical tests revealed a pronator teres strain, which is a forearm injury near his elbow.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 July 2021
  • He was sidelined for three months in 2018 because of a right pronator muscle strain and missed most of last year.
    — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The right-hander has been on the IL since June 30 with a strained right flexor pronator.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 29 July 2021
  • McCullers said the flexor pronator muscle strain in his right arm usually means six to eight weeks before even picking up a ball.
    — Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 25 Oct. 2021
  • However, after pronator and flexor injuries in his right elbow last season, the Mets can only write his name in with pencil, not pen.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2025
  • After a healthy spring, his injury issues resurfaced — the right-hander missed more than two months with a flexor pronator strain in his right arm, sustained in late April.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2019
  • These muscles include your pronator teres, flexor carpi radialis and flexor-pronator mass that are attached by tendons to the medial epicondyle of your humerus.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • The Angels star was diagnosed this week with a forearm injury — specifically, a grade 1-2 sprain of the flexor pronator mass in his right arm.
    — Maria Torres Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Right-hander Luke Weaver has a mild flexor pronator strain, Lovullo said, framing the diagnosis as relatively good news.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Weaver, who suffered a flexor pronator mass sprain and a UCL strain on May 27, received news that both injuries were healing as expected.
    — Jenna Ortiz, azcentral, 24 June 2019
  • Also, these shoes don’t provide any additional stability for a severe over- or under-pronator, but the additional cushion underfoot may be enough for someone with a slight roll.
    — The Si Staff, SI.com, 14 Mar. 2017
  • Last year, 30 percent of lefties were pronator-biased (and therefore more predisposed to throwing a good non-splitter changeup) versus 26 percent of righties.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Both are now on the DL, the former due to shoulder impingement, the latter due to a pronator strain which felled him after making his first quality start of the month on August 22.
    — Jay Jaffe, SI.com, 29 Aug. 2017
  • Odorizzi left his start Saturday after just five pitches with what the team called tightness in his right forearm, and Baker announced Monday that Odorizzi had a strained right pronator.
    — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 27 Apr. 2021
  • There are other conditions with symptoms similar to carpal tunnel, including pronator syndrome, in which the median nerve in the forearm is compressed, and diabetic neuropathy.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • A certain level of defiance Perhaps even more remarkable than that age number is that Moyer missed the preceding season while recovering from double surgery to repair his flexor pronator and his ulnar collateral ligament.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025

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