How to Use tendon in a Sentence

tendon

noun
  • Wear heels, heel lifts, or high-drop shoes to take strain off the tendon.
    — Outside Online, 17 June 2019
  • Slater tore the patella tendon in his left knee.
    — Jay Paris, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • And all of them can be added to help an Achilles tendon heal.
    — Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Take the tendon from the left hamstring and put in the right arm.
    — C Jackson Cowart, charlotteobserver, 8 June 2017
  • She's been splitting tendons for about an hour a day for the past week.
    — Shady Grove Oliver, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2019
  • This type is found in the body in bones, tendons, organs, teeth, and more.
    — Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 29 May 2026
  • He was scheduled for the surgery to repair the tendon the next week.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Surgery was required to both remove the bone and move her tendon over.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 28 July 2025
  • Bull suffered tendon damage and had chipped bones in her wrist and hand.
    — David Williams, CNN, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The second time, a leg tendon was cut and they were branded again.
    — ABC News, 28 May 2026
  • Achilles’ tendon injuries remain the most feared in the sport.
    — New York Times, 7 Apr. 2021
  • What is a ruptured Achilles tendon?
    — Keisha Rowe, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Her hands weren't so tense, the tendons were less prominent.
    — CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • My throat was raw, and the Achilles’ tendon in my right leg started to ache.
    — Paul Tough, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Cut through the meat tendons and sinews and then press the meat down firmly to form a lollipop.
    — Allie Morris, ExpressNews.com, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Grandal has been out since July 6 with a torn tendon in his left knee.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Late in that match, she was treated on court for pain in her left Achilles’ tendon.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The dogs bit the man’s face and ripped his leg flesh down to muscle and tendon, police said.
    — chicagotribune.com, 27 Dec. 2021
  • It’s found in skin, tendons, ligaments, and teeth.
    — Sarah Anzlovar, Verywell Health, 20 Jan. 2026
  • His Achilles tendon was ruptured.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • Slater tore the patellar tendon in his left knee during practice.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
  • As the chicken legs roast, the tendons that are no longer attached to the ends will retract.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Steel pipes and tendons provide tensile strength, while thatch and mud bear its crushing weight.
    — Stefan Ionescu may 20, New Atlas, 20 May 2026
  • The tendon tool is made from D2 tool steel and held open by a linerlock.
    — Matt Foster, Outdoor Life, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The tendons, the muscles, the skin, the bone, where joint met joint, where fingertip met ivory.
    — Literary Hub, 15 June 2026
  • If one of the tendons tears near the shoulder, the biceps muscle may sink lower.
    — Dr. Harlan Selesnick, miamiherald, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Because of the cost to ligaments and tendons that left us cringing at the pain of too many stars.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 14 June 2019
  • LaVine had surgery to repair a tendon injury in his right pinky finger.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • That is when a small chunk of bone attached to a tendon or ligament gets pulled away from the main part of the bone.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Wall sits strengthen your quadriceps, knee caps, and quadricep tendons.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 18 June 2026

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