How to Use meniscus in a Sentence

meniscus

noun
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  • But the wall of text is like a curtain, or the meniscus on a body of water.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Donovan said a bone bruise was clear on the MRI, and there wasn’t enough on the torn meniscus.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Then Dart hurt his meniscus in his knee and missed four weeks.
    — Nick Suss, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The meniscus is the disk of cartilage that sits in your knee joint.
    — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 1 Feb. 2023
  • His right knee, with a torn meniscus, just wouldn’t loosen up.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 19 May 2021
  • Trout is just shy of nine weeks past surgery to repair a torn meniscus.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 4 July 2024
  • Nill said the first surgery cleaned up Bishop’s knee, and his meniscus was not as bad then.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Trout has been out since April 29 because of a torn meniscus.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 24 July 2024
  • The issue stems from Hughes’ 2015 surgery to repair the meniscus in his left knee.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2023
  • Woodyard missed his team’s last three games with a torn meniscus.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Sexton had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee on Nov. 17.
    — Marla Ridenour, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022
  • An injury to her meniscus in 2019 was the push Haddish needed to make some changes.
    — Veronica Wells, Essence, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Martinez, who tore his torn meniscus over the summer, was a four-star recruit from the 2020 class.
    — Ryan McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Polo sustained a ruptured right quadriceps and a torn meniscus on the play and will be out the rest of the season.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021
  • Uribe pitched only three innings in 2022 due to a torn meniscus.
    — Emmett Prosser, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2023
  • Bales worked his way back from that injury only to suffer a torn meniscus in his knee in the spring.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Leonard missed the last three games of the first-round loss to Phoenix with a torn meniscus, a diagnosis the team learned of after Game 2.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Cheerios, ants, and paper clips all get pushed slightly upwards to the high point of the meniscus.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Bench bat José Martínez is expected to miss about four months with a torn meniscus in his left knee.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Kovelesky is also coming back from surgery at the end of March for a torn meniscus in her right knee.
    — Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022
  • According to a league source, the injury is believed to be a torn meniscus.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2021
  • With Jalen Redmond expected to be out for about a month due to a small meniscus tear, the depth on the line will be tested.
    — R.j. Coyle, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2021
  • If there is only one chance in 50 of a torn meniscus not responding to surgery, my knee will be that knee.
    — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Tello tore three ligaments and the meniscus in her right knee.
    — Ivan Orozco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
  • And what that means is that meniscus of water that normally would get sucked up...
    — Anand Varma, National Geographic, 4 Aug. 2020
  • The almost 33-year-old Trout suffered his first meniscus tear on April 29 and had surgery four days later.
    — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Collin Sexton is out for the year following surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Guzman will have surgery Wednesday to repair a tear in his right meniscus.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The latest one was last season on the torn left meniscus, the same knee that required the microfracture, which involves drilling small holes in the knee to spur the growth.
    — cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Wheaton, a five-star freshman, hurt his meniscus in the preseason and hasn’t practiced since.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 4 Oct. 2021

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