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US
/ˈspɹeɪn/
]
[ UK /spɹˈeɪn/ ]
[ UK /spɹˈeɪn/ ]
NOUN
- a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
VERB
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twist suddenly so as to sprain
the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell
wrench one's ankle
The wrestler twisted his shoulder
I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days
How To Use sprain In A Sentence
- I'm still feeling a bit cranially sprained, mind you, but the cat seems perfectly happy to be spending a snow day on the couch with me, watching S3 of Mission: Impossible. The Snowpocalypse Continues
- The effect of preventive measures on the incidence of ankle sprains.
- Attempts to rip it off gave me a sprained wrist. The Sun
- My, that's quite a sprain you've got there.
- I sprained my wrist playing squash.
- He had a knee injury, sprained his ankle twice, got the flu twice.
- He made just 13 appearances last season because of a sprained ankle. Times, Sunday Times
- The Kent athlete sprained his ankle after falling off a bus on Friday and competed with heavy strapping.
- She pretended to trip on a cobblestone and feigned a sprain.
- It is effective as an antispasmodic for muscle cramps, stiffness, aches, overuse, sprains, bruises, sciatica, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia and poor circulation.