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

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

An X-ray found no fractures or vascular injuries in her hand, which was put in a finger splint.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

The shelter found specialists in Iowa who were able to splint Lola-Pearl’s legs as an attempt to save them, but they decided her left hind leg needed to be amputated.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023

I'm leeched, stuffed with food and two pots of Belle-rose tea, and my fingers are set and wrapped in a splint.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton