splint
Example Sentences
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Even with a finger in a splint, he was soon deftly and quickly creating palm rosettes to decorate the much larger creations.
From Seattle Times
Some were just strange — like when Salazar had Goucher smear crushed aspirin mixed with a topical cream on her legs as an ad hoc remedy for shin splints, leaving her with bloody, blistering second-degree burns.
From Washington Post
Doctors recommended he wear a wrist splint for another six weeks before resuming training.
From Seattle Times
He posted on Instagram on Wednesday that he was “swapping the splint for my racket again.”
From New York Times
Once, according to a tribute posted online by the university, Dr. Auerbach broke his ankle while hiking in the Sierra Nevada and fashioned his own splint.
From Washington Post
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