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    1. Aelfcild would soon recover since the arrow's small point had damaged little flesh—even his sprain appeared fairly slight


    2. One of the most common lower back pain causes is a strain or sprain in the


    3. It was only as I tried to get up that I knew that it was more than a sprain


    4. Fortunately, it had just been a severe sprain with no dislocation nor broken bones


    5. range from a sprain, fracture, or even worse when you hear that big thud as it lands on the floor


    6. The most common type of sprain is the ankle sprain


    7. It is like having a SPRAIN in the NECK


    8. I easily sprain this ankle, but it usually gets better by itself after some time


    9. "Abang, she said that it was a minor sprain no torn ligaments or anything serious


    10. "Yes I have, the palace doctor already took a look at her sprain ankle

    11. The spirited bay palfrey had suffered a sprain in its left hind leg that had taken months to heal, and now it was lame again in the same leg


    12. “Thank you: I shall do: I have no broken bones,— only a sprain;” and again he stood up and tried his foot, but the result extorted an involuntary “Ugh!”


    13. Having once caught the bridle, he mastered it directly and sprang to his saddle; grimacing grimly as he made the effort, for it wrenched his sprain


    14. Kindly, as usual—and, as usual, rather trite—she condoled with him on the pressure of business he had had all day; on the annoyance it must have been to him with that painful sprain: then she commended his patience and perseverance in going through with it


    15. “I have to thank her for this sprain


    16. A sprain occurs at a joint and is caused by the wrenching or tearing of tissues connected with the joint


    17. If in doubt whether a sprain or a break, treat as a fracture


    18. From the bag which I had brought the Doctor took a large bottle of embrocation and began rubbing the sprain


    19. And at last, after terrific exertions, we got the sprain strapped to his satisfaction


    20. It came to pass, that in the ambergris affair Stubb's after-oarsman chanced so to sprain his hand, as for a time to become quite maimed; and, temporarily, Pip was put into his place

    1. You’ve sprained your wrist


    2. Or, if a golfer sprained a knee or ankle, which is highly possible, then the one iron could be used as a cane, allowing the golfer to limp back to the clubhouse or the 19th hole for a little refreshment


    3. She spent a year going to downtown Seattle every week for treatments on her sprained


    4. I won’t bore readers with the long story of my recovery, which I suppose has been covered by lots of other writers, (or old soldiers,) but it is probably important to say that I suffered three crushed vertebra in my back, a really badly sprained knee; a broken finger, major concussion; (in two different places!) and two Spandau bullets through the upper legs


    5. Her side felt bruised and the hand that had taken her weight felt sprained at the wrist


    6. A dental splint, which is akin to a cast on a broken or sprained arm or leg, may also be helpful in protecting the tissues while they recover


    7. He struggled to his feet; both ankles were sprained, and he had a deep gash on his


    8. Gasping for air and nursing a sprained neck, Titus ploughed his way out of the snowdrift to find Athene standing over him with a shining sabre in her hand


    9. “Your ankle was sprained or broken and you can’t help the Prince by yourself


    10. In fact his ankle was only sprained, but quite badly

    11. When Charlie Evans sprained his wrist, and ended up with a backlog of


    12. After a moment of delirium, a quick analysis of his situation told Lotinger that his left arm was broken, his head had suffered a definite blow, and likely both of his ankles were sprained


    13. I tried to move, but a nurse said I should rest a few days more, that I had a dislocated shoulder, 2 broken ribs, a concussion and a sprained wrist


    14. She was on crutches today because she had sprained her ankle at work slipping on liquid detergent in the hotel laundry room


    15. With reckless abandon she pushed ahead ignoring the pain in her lungs and the pain in the ankle, that she had sprained earlier in the underground tunnel


    16. left ankle stil hurt but she didn't think she sprained it


    17. “The prisoner is being checked by a medic now: he apparently sprained an ankle on landing


    18. Sprained my ankle once, but they didn’t keep me in


    19. “I’m not a doctor, but it looks like it’s sprained,” he whispered


    20. Nathaniel said it could be sprained,

    21. “I have a sprained wrist,” I said and walked outside


    22. It’s just sprained and should heal in a few days


    23. The guy who twisted his ankle, had indeed sprained it


    24. He determined that while no bones had been broken, she had severely sprained her ankle, and it would need to be bandaged up and taken care of properly


    25. Her wrist, while not sprained, required a flexing hand brace, and ice packs to help ease the pain and tenderness she was experiencing in it


    26. Her crutches (which she still had to use, because she’d tried to get around without them too soon after she’d sprained her ankle, and had compounded the injury) lay scattered on the floor beside her, while her twin, five year old nephews, Ryan and Bryan Meadows, played paper football, using the two sticks as goalie lines for their game


    27. “Conrad, Kathy sprained her ankle a few weeks ago, and sustained a new blow to it earlier tonight, when a small boy collided with her, and sent her crashing to the ground, while we were at the airport


    28. Just a sprained ankle, but it hurts when I try to climb out of here


    29. ” She said, “This is my bad leg, I’m prone to get sprained there, because of a sporting accident I had when I was younger


    30. She sprained her ankle so she can't climb up

    31. She did complement the wrap that you put on, she said that it was the best first aid treatment that can be applied in that situation, of course I didn't tell her that you put it on just today and I sprained my ankle yesterday afternoon


    32. She sprained it pretty bad in our first semester of college, playing football


    33. They never expected her to get away with only a sprained ankle


    34. “Yes, I think I sprained it back there


    35. end up with sprained joints, a sore back and even torn ligaments


    36. field when there's been a sprained ankle


    37. sprained my ankle, but I’m fine, otherwise


    38. “She seems to have sprained her ankle, but other than that, she’s fine


    39. “I don’t think your arm is broken just badly sprained


    40. I threw in few novels in the bag as precautionary measures in case I get a sprained ankle or a muscle pul

    41. “Her shoulders are badly sprained, was she


    42. She didn't like it because I sprained my ankle first day she wore choir picnic at the Sugarloaf


    43. Yes because he never did a thing like that before as ask to get his breakfast in bed with a couple of eggs since the City Arms hotel when he used to be pretending to be laid up with a sick voice doing his highness to make himself interesting for that old faggot Mrs Riordan that he thought he had a great leg of and she never left us a farthing all for masses for herself and her soul greatest miser ever was actually afraid to lay out 4d for her methylated spirit telling me all her ailments she had too much old chat in her about politics and earthquakes and the end of the world let us have a bit of fun first God help the world if all the women were her sort down on bathingsuits and lownecks of course nobody wanted her to wear them I suppose she was pious because no man would look at her twice I hope Ill never be like her a wonder she didnt want us to cover our faces but she was a welleducated woman certainly and her gabby talk about Mr Riordan here and Mr Riordan there I suppose he was glad to get shut of her and her dog smelling my fur and always edging to get up under my petticoats especially then still I like that in him polite to old women like that and waiters and beggars too hes not proud out of nothing but not always if ever he got anything really serious the matter with him its much better for them to go into a hospital where everything is clean but I suppose Id have to dring it into him for a month yes and then wed have a hospital nurse next thing on the carpet have him staying there till they throw him out or a nun maybe like the smutty photo he has shes as much a nun as Im not yes because theyre so weak and puling when theyre sick they want a woman to get well if his nose bleeds youd think it was O tragic and that dyinglooking one off the south circular when he sprained his foot at the choir party at the sugarloaf Mountain the day I wore that dress Miss Stack bringing him flowers the worst old


    44. When we were left alone in the stone-flagged kitchen it was astonishing how rapidly that sprained ankle recovered


    45. Early in June it happened that Agafea Mihalovna, the old nurse and housekeeper, in carrying to the cellar a jar of mushrooms she had just pickled, slipped, fell, and sprained her wrist


    46. But there would be time for all things, a those rides we used to take down our secret bridle paths?” “Do you remember how the whole week! Surely she could maneuver to get him alone and say: “Do you remember moon looked that night when we sat on the steps at Tara and you quoted that poem?” (Good Heavens! What was the name of that poem, anyway?) “Do you remember that afternoon when I sprained my ankle and you carried me home in your arms in the twilight?” Oh, there were so many things she would preface with “Do you remember?” So many dear memories that would bring back to him those lovely days when they roamed the County like care-free children, so many things that would call to mind the days before


    47. “A broken ankle, a sprained knee, a broken collarbone, bruising…your upper torso is largely green and yellow and your right arm is a purply black


    48. Her wrist aches and she’s not sure if she’s broken a bone or just sprained it


    49. It must be sprained


    50. It was a miracle neither of them had broken a leg in the fall, but Ash’s ankle was at least sprained















    1. jumping too high and spraining ankles when they came down


    1. “Likewise for sprains and muscles, add a bit of onions mixed with the fat of the black cat, rub it in; and for the colic; a great spoonful in the hour


    2. This reduces chances of injuries and sprains


    3. Ice can numb pain and reduce swelling in the mouth as well as on joint sprains and strains


    4. The dance had produced a number of sprains and strained muscles


    5. Sprains and strains are types of minor injuries to the soft tissues and connective tissues


    6. Sprains usually refer to injuries to ligaments, but


    7. Sprains and strains may occur together, and occasionally are quite severe, requiring


    8. What are the symptoms of sprains and strains?


    9. Ankle sprains have differing


    10. Mild or minimal sprains with no tear of the ligament usually produce

    11. Proteolytic enzymes, including bromelain, papain, trypsin, and chymotrypsin, may be helpful in healing minor injuries such as sprains and strains because they have anti-inflammatory activity and appear to promote tissue healing


    12. has not confirmed these effects for athletic injuries, which included sprains and strains


    13. sulphate for healing sprains and strains are lacking


    14. It’s also good for sports related injuries, such as sprains and sore ligaments


    15. thralled, as her mother doctored cuts and sprains, and


    16. Another sprains an ankle when he hits


    17. Sprains are best exercised through a full range of movements, but NOT put under very painful stress, which could cause permanent damage


    18. Bathe sprains with cold water to reduce swelling


    19. Poultices can be applied to stiff joints, sprains and pus-filled sores


    20. An oarsman sprains his wrist: the carpenter concocts a soothing lotion

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    Synonyms for "sprain"

    sprain rick turn twist wrench wrick injure impair tear weaken over-exert

    "sprain" definitions

    a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments


    twist suddenly so as to sprain