How to Use tendon in a Sentence

tendon

noun
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  • He was scheduled for the surgery to repair the tendon the next week.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2022
  • My throat was raw, and the Achilles’ tendon in my right leg started to ache.
    — Paul Tough, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Instead, Archibald played 34 games for the Nets and blew out an Achilles’ tendon.
    — New York Times, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Eloy Jiménez has been on the IL since April 24 with a torn right hamstring tendon.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2022
  • The dogs bit the man’s face and ripped his leg flesh down to muscle and tendon, police said.
    — chicagotribune.com, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Achilles’ tendon injuries remain the most feared in the sport.
    — New York Times, 7 Apr. 2021
  • In the statement, de la Rocha said that only 8% of the tendon was intact.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Grandal has been out since July 6 with a torn tendon in his left knee.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Late in that match, she was treated on court for pain in her left Achilles’ tendon.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The eight-time Pro Bowler missed all of 2020 with a dislodged ankle tendon.
    — Tom Withers, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2021
  • And then ace Lance Lynn suffered a torn tendon in his right knee and will be out six to eight weeks.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2022
  • That is when a small chunk of bone attached to a tendon or ligament gets pulled away from the main part of the bone.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The flexor tendon on the back stretches and then rebounds.
    — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
  • Zach Triner tore a tendon in the ring finger on his left hand in the Bucs’ season-opener.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Bull suffered tendon damage and had chipped bones in her wrist and hand.
    — David Williams, CNN, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Molina hadn't played since April 26 because of a strained tendon in his right foot.
    — David Solomon, Star Tribune, 8 May 2021
  • The staff ace, Mike Soroka, tore an Achilles’ tendon in August.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The impact causes a tendon in the leg to lengthen, pulling wires on the underside of each toe.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The damaged elbow tendon kept Bergeron out of the lineup for four games in March.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2022
  • And Alvarez did all that on knees that had 12 tendon tears between them.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 July 2021
  • Well, McCoy ruptured a quad tendon in the first padded practice and is out for the season.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Tyquan Lewis suffered a patellar tendon injury and will miss the rest of the season.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The torn tendon was painful, but people could still visit.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Jiménez went back to the left-field wall, jumped and reached his arm and glove over the fence, rupturing his left pectoral tendon.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Dull or sharp pain, sometimes stiffness, along the back of the tendon but typically close to the heel.
    — Ashley Mateo, Health, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The tendons might be less elastic, and thus less able to transmit force quickly.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2024
  • That surgery involved grafting part of his left patellar tendon to fix the tear.
    — Stephen Whyno, ajc, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Lina says she had been thrown through a glass door, which broke her elbow, cut a tendon and injured her back.
    — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 6 Aug. 2020
  • These tendons play a crucial role in how the system assists you.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Rodgers tore an Achilles tendon only four plays into the first game of last season, forcing Wilson back into the starting role.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2024

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