How to Use injury in a Sentence

injury

noun
  • She fell and suffered an injury to her arm.
  • The team has been weakened by illness and injury.
  • She's concerned about the risk of injury to her reputation.
  • His athletic career has been slowed by injuries.
  • Careless use of these tools can cause serious bodily injury.
  • She survived the accident without injury.
  • Hikers need to take sensible precautions to prevent injury.
  • Raúl Jiménez was benched due to an injury to the knee and groin.
    — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2022
  • And on this day, his old injury is the furthest thing from his mind.
    — Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Pearsall was not on the injury report coming out of the game in Green Bay.
    — Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Coach Kyle Shanahan wasn’t pointing to injuries as the reason for the loss to the Rams.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Owen was burned and died of her injuries two days later.
    — USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The woman fell to the ground and sustained minor injuries.
    — Jay Valle, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Joey Bosa is out with a groin injury as of this week and will be getting surgery.
    — Chron, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Running on a belt that's too short for your body may put you at risk of injury.
    — Good Housekeeping, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The boy was stabbed 26 times and succumbed to his injuries, the sheriff’s office said.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023
  • But Jenkins has missed 23 games in four years due to injuries.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
  • To live in Kyiv is to live with the fact that, at any moment, death or injury may be around the corner.
    — Sam Skove, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Along with the race against time, the Niners will try to cope with the high injury risk of several of their stars.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Tight end Greg Dulcich hasn’t been able to catch a break on the injury front.
    — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 23 May 2024
  • The injury required surgery and Payton missed the first 35 games of this season.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Joey Bosa left Sunday's loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars with a groin injury.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2022
  • This isn't the first time Monk has suffered a major injury late in the season.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • But the pain from her injury flared up before the fifth set Saturday against the Ducks.
    — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Florida is seeing a spike in such injuries, and so is the U.S. as a whole.
    — Stephanie Colombini, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Were there other changes in the way injuries were treated?
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
  • Toone sustained a calf injury in training ahead of the game away to Leicester City last month.
    — Asif Burhan, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Shelton rendered aid, the chief said, but Jay died from his injuries.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024
  • In the end Clark helped Indiana make the playoffs and the Sky came up short as Reese missed the final two weeks of games with a season-ending wrist injury.
    — Michael Marot, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
  • Andonovski did not have any injury updates on the trio after the match, except that Chawinga came out for the same injury she has been plagued with all year.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2025

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