How to Use scapula in a Sentence

scapula

noun
  • That's the muscle that runs from your neck to your shoulder, and down to your scapula (shoulder blade), on each side.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 23 July 2018
  • This means the chop was cut from the section of the shoulder just adjacent to the ribs; the bone is a piece of the scapula.
    — John Willoughby, charlotteobserver, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Using your scapula as your lever, keep your arms straight and slowly resist the pull of the band back together.
    — Ben Walker, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Aim at the shoulder, halfway up the body or a shade more, to hit the scapula, which will aid bullet expansion.
    — Jeff Johnston, Field & Stream, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Until the last two weeks, San Diego State has not done enough to keep all those scapulas locked in place.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Last week, Matt Harvey was found to have a stress injury in the scapula bone in his right shoulder.
    — James Wagner, New York Times, 21 June 2017
  • DeGrom, who has dealt with a stress reaction on his right scapula, has not pitched in the majors in more than a year.
    — New York Times, 28 July 2022
  • Kevin’s sister, Ileen San, suffered a fractured right scapula, right hand and left wrist.
    — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2018
  • DeGrom has been sidelined since late in spring training with a stress reaction in his scapula.
    — Jake Seiner, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2022
  • Someone else credits this pillow with reducing nerve pain in their shoulder and scapula.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The driver suffered a broken scapula, clavicle and nicked lung.
    — Elgin Courier-News, 16 June 2017
  • This works the medial deltoid, rear deltoid, scapula, and biceps.
    — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2019
  • They were put there by a stone blade; on the only unbroken scapula in the set, there are 32 notches, but some have as few as three.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 1 May 2018
  • With the cable triceps pull-apart however, the focus switches from the scapula to the triceps.
    — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 13 July 2022
  • The rhomboids play a role in stabilizing and retracting the scapula.
    — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 26 Jan. 2022
  • And there are also the ones that attach to the scapula (shoulder blades), including your rhomboids and trapezius.
    — Elizabeth Millard, Cpt, SELF, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Forsythe missed a month with that injury last year, a hairline fracture of his left scapula also suffered when he was hit by a pitch last May.
    — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 19 Apr. 2017
  • The shotgun blasts also damaged his right lung and fractured his upper left arm and scapula, according to the report.
    — Devon M. Sayers and Alta Spells, CNN, 16 Nov. 2021
  • This is a great routine for training the opposite muscles of your back, scapula and posterior delts.
    — Ben Walker, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The bicyclist was diagnosed with a brain bleed, eight broken ribs, a fractured clavicle and scapula and tear in the carotid artery.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2025
  • One of Suntok’s fossil finds, a partial scapula with fine fractures, posed a unique challenge, says Rohlicek.
    — Devon Bidal, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Slowly lower your arms back to the starting position, allowing the scapula to protract and get a full stretch at the bottom.
    — Diego Mercado, Men's Health, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Jacob deGrom, the Mets’ other ace, has been shut down all season with a stress reaction in his right scapula.
    — New York Times, 30 June 2022
  • Don’t forget, the key function of your traps is to stabilize your scapula, not just shrug up and down, and the incline row addresses this with great success.
    — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Mets ace Jacob deGrom is coming back after he was sidelined by a stress reaction in his right scapula.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 21 July 2022
  • Meanwhile, Kristy had a mild concussion; broke her back, hip, seven ribs, and her left scapula; and suffered shoulder damage.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Lesions in the right scapula of a 3,200-year-old skeleton indicate the presence of cancer.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2014
  • Prosise missed the final six games of the regular season and the two playoff games with a fractured scapula in 2016.
    — Geoffrey C. Arnold, OregonLive.com, 25 Aug. 2017
  • During the accident that killed his friend and colleague, Souza was shot in the shoulder, fracturing his scapula, but the bullet didn’t exit.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
  • He is being treated for a broken scapula, fractures and lacerations to his face, head and neck, a chip on his C spine and pain in arms upon movement and touch.
    — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 25 Jan. 2018

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