ankle

Example Sentences

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“I say I love doing stunts, but I was thinking, ‘Please don’t be the middle-aged woman who breaks her ankle jumping from a small height.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Or they didn’t think that the city should be burning tens of millions of dollars to send fire trucks “to every overdose, every sprained ankle, every toothache,” as Mr. Pratt has said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Nadal, who helped him off the court after his nasty ankle injury in 2022, was one of the first to congratulate Zverev.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Carmichael argued he should be moved to home detention with an ankle monitor.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The chupacabras’s mordida had left three ugly lacerations two inches above her ankle, on the outside of her leg, so both her ankle and calf were swollen to twice their normal size.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall