sprain

[US]/spreɪn/
[UK]/spreɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. to injure a joint by twisting it too far
n. an injury to a joint caused by a sudden twist

Example Sentences

he left in a wheelchair after spraining an ankle.

He got a foot sprain in his ankle.

A sprained ankle slowed my pace.

She sprained her ankle playing squash.

slipped on a patch of ice and sprained his ankle.

He sprained his ankle when he fell.

The injury isn’t serious—it’s nothing more than a sprained ankle.

When Mary sprained her ankles, John carried her piggyback to the doctors.

Real-world Examples

I don't think it's broken, but it might be a sprain.

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Reuben sprained his hamstring today while playing Quidditch.

Source: Modern Family - Season 07

A sprain is when you have an injury to your ligaments.

Source: Connection Magazine

Candy sprained her ankle playing badminton.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

So that's the difference between a sprain and a strain.

Source: Connection Magazine

But the man, making more haste than good speed, sprained his ankle in jumping over a fence.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

I sprained my ankle by stopping too quick-no, not too quick, either, for there was something in my way.

Source: American Original Language Arts Third Volume

" To sprain" (sprain) means to injure, to hurt.

Source: 2013 ESLPod

A branch of a river used to even be called a sprain.

Source: Pop culture

No, but it's a pretty bad sprain.

Source: Night shift doctor

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