dislocated

Example Sentences

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The remaining bill of the year was for my 2-year-old’s emergency room visit for a dislocated elbow.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026

Doubters warn that markets are increasingly driven by you-only-live-once bets and momentum-chasing algorithms, and, as a result, are getting dislocated from reality—or at least oblivious to bad news.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Peanut, believed to be a shepherd-husky mix, had suffered a significant traumatic injury that left him without most of his nose and his jaw dislocated.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The feat was achieved without South Africa-born skipper Wayne Madsen, who dislocated his shoulder in the Scotland defeat.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

At the age of six, Clara had foreseen that the horse was going to throw Luis, but he refused to listen and had had a dislocated hip ever since.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende