How to Use subluxation in a Sentence

subluxation

noun
  • Wilson missed about a month of games due to a left shoulder subluxation.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
  • Irving is dealing with a left-foot sprain and a shoulder subluxation.
    — Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In a subluxation, though, the shoulder is more is more likely to pop back into place by itself.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Matt Waletzko, a rookie fifth-round pick, would make nine if not for a shoulder subluxation that will require surgery at some point.
    — Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2022
  • But when the ball comes only partially out of the glenoid socket, it’s considered a subluxation of the shoulder.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
  • James White, who suffered a hip subluxation against the Saints, was the lone player missing from practice.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Roberts said tests confirmed the initial diagnosis of a subluxation of the shoulder.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Miller is dealing with a left shoulder subluxation and has been able to do some on-court work over the past week, according to coach Charles Lee.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Neither one sounds pleasant, but apparently a shoulder subluxation isn’t as bad.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Then in Week 3, James White suffered a season-ending hip subluxation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2021
  • It's become a chronic injury during which the second-year player from Stanford deals with subluxations in his shoulder.
    — Aaron Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Miller, who’s been sidelined the past two weeks while nursing a left shoulder subluxation, has returned to basketball activity.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Running back James White — White, a team captain, played just three games before a season-ending hip subluxation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2022
  • He was later diagnosed with a subluxation of the right ankle — in effect, a dislocation in which the bone temporarily pops out of joint.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Red Sox third baseman Caleb Durbin left in the third after suffering a left pinkie subluxation while sliding into first base.
    — CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • For White, the coda came via a hip subluxation suffered during the second quarter of the third game of the 2021 season.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022
  • With James White expected to be shelved for weeks at least with a hip subluxation, the Patriots worked out four running backs Tuesday.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2021
  • However, Pearsall missed a lot of the preseason due to a shoulder injury, which head coach Kyle Shanahan called a shoulder subluxation.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Shanahan recently revealed that Pearsall had been sidelined by a subluxation — or partial dislocation — of his shoulder.
    — David Lombardi, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
  • The Sox termed Delmonico’s injury a subluxation, or partial separation, of the left shoulder.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Waletzko first suffered the subluxation, or shoulder-joint dislocation, as a North Dakota senior.
    — Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Then last year, Anderson played only 98 games after suffering a subluxation in the same shoulder while diving for a ground ball in late August.
    — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Anderson, who was sidelined because of left shoulder subluxation, started Saturday and went 1 for 4.
    — sun-sentinel.com, 25 July 2021
  • The Lynx played without high-energy DiJonai Carrington, who is day to day with a left shoulder subluxation.
    — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 5 Sep. 2025
  • After the game, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters that Ohtani suffered a subluxation of his left shoulder but that the team felt encouraged by his strength and range of motion.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Diagnosed with a left shoulder subluxation, Miller missed 13 games while rehabilitating the injury.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
  • Buxton suffered a left shoulder subluxation Thursday, running into the wall in Miami chasing after a Harold Ramirez triple.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Bo Jackson suffered a hip subluxation (transient dislocation) that led to a hip replacement, which ended his NFL career.
    — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 June 2017
  • According to Roberts, Ohtani suffered a shoulder subluxation, essentially a partial dislocation less severe than if his shoulder had fully popped out.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Ohtani suffered a shoulder injury when attempting to steal second base in the seventh inning on Saturday and was later diagnosed with a subluxation, or partial dislocation, of his left shoulder.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024

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