How to Use groin in a Sentence

groin

noun
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  • Alperen Sengun missed the game with a left groin strain.
    — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Wiggins has missed the last eight games with a right groin strain. ...
    — Brian Mahoney, Hartford Courant, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The guard has been dealing with a left a left groin strain and has missed the past three games.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 24 Jan. 2023
  • One of the victims, a 16-year-old male, was shot in the groin area and has died of his injuries.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • That’s when a sniper’s bullets blew holes through his leg and groin.
    — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • In most cases, there is a painful swelling of the lymph node in the groin, armpit or neck areas.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Items like hot water bottles can be placed in the groin, both armpits and around the neck.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Rakestraw went through the drills with a groin injury and the first-round forecasts mostly fled.
    — Calum McAndrew, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The Tigers scratched Lorenzen from Monday's start with a mild left groin strain.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Payne got the start for Chris Paul, who missed a fourth straight game with a left groin strain suffered in Game 2.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
  • In the third inning, Fisk was hit in the groin with a pitch by starter Greg Hibbard.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2023
  • Brooks reached in and hit James in the groin, triggering a flagrant two.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The Orioles will be cautious with Mullins, who has missed 44 games across two IL stints for the groin strain.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Winching in pain, Paul grabbed at his groin area and checked out of the game with 4:32 left in the third as Payne replaced him.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
  • The tests involve swabbing the armpits and the groin, which are oily parts of skin that the fungus likes to colonize.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The pivoting head works well at hugging the contours of your legs and groin.
    — Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 24 July 2023
  • Dark, velvety patch of skin in skin folds such as the back of the neck, armpits, elbow creases, hands, knees, and groin.
    — Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2023
  • In 415, Athaulf was attacked by a resentful servant and stabbed in the groin; the wound soon proved to be lethal.
    — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2023
  • One officer was struck in the left shoulder and the other was struck in the right forearm and groin.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • So while a groin strain never is optimal, the time off might be.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Brooks swung and struck Mitchell in the groin area during the third quarter after the Grizzlies guard had fallen to the floor.
    — Tom Withers, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Tubes circulated blood from a vein in the groin through the pig liver on the machine and returned the blood to a vein in the neck.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The rash is likely to first appear on the neck, underarm, and groin, the CDC reports.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The Suns are also without Chris Paul, who has missed the last three games of this series with a left groin strain.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
  • Mitchell has missed five of the previous six games because of a groin injury.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Martinez won’t be with the Dodgers after being placed on the injured list with a groin strain this week.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Miller is nursing a groin injury and missed his first nine shots of the tournament.
    — John Zenor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Miller has been nursing a groin injury and missed his first nine shots of the tournament.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The short haired cat from Brooklyn had a groin wound no other clinic had been able to heal for many months.
    — Thalia Beaty, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Wearing a mask, Lopez shot him three times in the head, three times in the torso and once in the groin, authorities said.
    — Aria Jones, Dallas News, 28 July 2023

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