How to Use bone spur in a Sentence

bone spur

noun
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  • Each bird sports a pair of sharpened bone spurs on its wings.
    — National Geographic, 28 May 2020
  • The bone spurs identified in the study ranged in size from 10 to 31 millimeters.
    — NBC News, 20 June 2019
  • Betts is moving around better at Dodgers camp now that the bone spur in his right hip has healed.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The righthander has bone spurs in his right elbow and will be checked during the All-Star break to see whether surgery is needed . .
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2019
  • One-third of those showed the bone spur, with the frequency decreasing with age.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 20 June 2019
  • Aging can also cause spine changes like bone spurs, which could lead to flare-ups.
    — Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2023
  • English, 32, had been feeling the affects of a torn labrum and a bone spur since his college days.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2022
  • Also had surgery to remove a bone spur in his right elbow.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
  • Rochelin, from Arizona State, had bone spur surgery and is out for a couple months.
    — oregonlive, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Urshela played for the first time since Wednesday due to a bone spur in his throwing elbow.
    — Larry Fleisher, Star Tribune, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Luplow’s surgery involved the removal of a bone spur in his ankle.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2021
  • The right-hander has bone spurs in his right elbow and will be checked during the All-Star break to see whether surgery is needed.
    — Cincinnati.com, 7 July 2019
  • Pain on the back of the elbow while throwing may be caused by bone spurs or soft tissue impingement.
    — Dr. Harlan Selesnick, miamiherald, 15 June 2018
  • Linebacker Bradley Chubb has yet to return from ankle surgery to remove a bone spur.
    — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The upcoming surgery will be to remove a bone spur in his pitching elbow.
    — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 17 Aug. 2019
  • In July of 1968, Collins was found to have a bone spur between two vertebrae in his neck and needed surgery.
    — Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2019
  • Four for education and one for having had bone spurs in his feet.
    — Adam Edelman, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2017
  • In 2016, a shoulder injury and surgery to remove a bone spur from his left elbow claimed the final month and a half of his season.
    — James Wagner, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Rose has been out since Nov. 7 with ankle injuries ranging from a sprained left ankle to bone spurs.
    — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Key players: Betts, who played several months of the season with a painful bone spur in his right hip, is healthy and getting hot at the right time.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021
  • According to the Post, young people are more and more developing bone spurs, or hard bony bumps, on the back of their skulls.
    — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 20 June 2019
  • These types of bone spurs are more commonly found in the elderly, and are assumed to be a normal part of the aging process.
    — Allen Kim, CNN, 21 June 2019
  • After beginning slowly at the plate, Betts was sidelined by a bone spur in his right hip.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Earlier this year, Burks was battling a bone spur injury that cast doubt on her Olympic dreams.
    — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 22 July 2021
  • Freeman has struggled with bone spurs in his right elbow and at one point last month could not straighten his right arm.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2019
  • After gritting his way through the relays, Bromell went home and underwent surgery to remove the bone spur.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 19 June 2021
  • LeMahieu batted leadoff and started at 3B in place of Gio Urshela, who sat out again with a bone spur in his right elbow.
    — Mike Fitzpatrick, Star Tribune, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Febles, who joined the coaching staff last season, has been dealing with bone spurs since his playing career, then came down with a case of gout.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
  • Grichuk had bone spurs in his right ankle removed in January and will be delayed early in spring training.
    — Jack Magruder, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Trump avoided being drafted into the Vietnam War due to five deferments, one for bone spurs and four for education.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024

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