splint

Example Sentences

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“We would just pretend to snap for practice, and then for the games they would cut the cast off my wrist and put me in a splint or a brace.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

He wanted to keep playing, though, so trainers applied a splint that was essentially a popsicle stick.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Jones survived the strongest hurricane in Jamaican history while he was injured, wearing a homemade splint on his right leg from a fracture he suffered during a biking accident before Melissa hit.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

The eagle’s left wing was fractured and needed a splint.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024

Kevin and I should have made a splint for that leg, I thought belatedly.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler