How to Use stress fracture in a Sentence

stress fracture

noun
  • The gymnast developed a stress fracture in her ankle.
  • Smith has missed the last nine games over a month, nursing a stress fracture in her left foot.
    — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The most common injuries were of the knee and foot stress fractures.
    — David G. Allan, CNN, 26 May 2018
  • Tried to run a half marathon on what turned out to be an existing stress fracture.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Rollins was held out of summer league because of a stress fracture in his right foot.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Maita’s first stress fracture was the result of overuse.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • James is expected to miss three or four months because of a stress fracture in his foot.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Once there, Wieber sustained a tough stress fracture on her tibia.
    — April Wallace, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2022
  • There is some good news; the initial injury was called a stress fracture in his left fibula.
    — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2023
  • LeVert, coming off a stress fracture in his back, missed the first six games.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2021
  • White missed all of 2015 with a stress fracture to his left tibia.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The vaccine won’t even cause tennis elbow, let alone a stress fracture.
    — Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Running with an injury can make things worse, and in some cases, even lead to a stress fracture.
    — SELF, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Jung, the Rangers’ best prospect, missed the first five weeks of the season with a stress fracture in his foot.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 22 June 2021
  • This time on the mend from a stress fracture in his right rib cage, Sale is in a different spot.
    — Greg Levinsky, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2022
  • But in his freshman year, a stress fracture sent him to the bench just as the good part of the season started.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
  • His shin pain had evolved into a stress fracture that landed him in a boot, and on crutches, for four weeks.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Albertus was sidelined with a stress fracture in his left tibia at the time of the trade.
    — Phil Rogers, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Last year, the script called for Zawacki to sit out all season with a stress fracture in his left leg.
    — Rich Mayor, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Warren was limited to four games this past season due to the stress fracture in his left foot.
    — James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2022
  • But that was before Jung suffered a stress fracture in his foot in spring training.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Turner missed the final 38 games of last season with a stress fracture in his left foot.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Blackburn missed nearly three months of the season last year before the trade with a stress fracture in his foot.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Last year, Bland was forced to sit until Week 12 due to a stress fracture.
    — Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In 2021 Jung missed half the season with a stress fracture in his left foot.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Or a stress fracture, or a ruptured Achilles — something that kept you out of action for more than four weeks.
    — Sarah Barker, Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2021
  • And now he is sidelined indefinitely due to a stress fracture in his back.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
  • Maya Buchwald, who dealt with stress fractures to her shins in the past, paced the Sea Kings.
    — Andrew Turner, Daily Pilot, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Kaleb Brown played two games in November before he was done for the year with a stress fracture.
    — Calum McAndrew, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2024
  • The diagnosis was a stress fracture in the fibula in the lower portion of the right leg.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2022

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