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wrist - use in sentences
Converse of object
- slap: Heavily slapped wrists to CNN, Sky, BBC, and CNBC.
- sprain: Now that injury might not be very severe, a slightly cricked neck, a sprained wrist, a twinge in the knee?
- elasticate: This blow-up football-shaped fancy dress outfit has elasticated wrists and ankles to keep the air in.
- bend: Localized swelling may be present and making a fist or bending the wrist will initiate pain.
- sustain: September at 14.31 A 54-year-old woman slipped and sustained wrist and leg injuries and a minor head injury.
- suffer: He was unlucky tho to suffer a broken left wrist and a broken right arm in two separate falls.
Adjective modifier
- fractured: The commission measured the quality of clinical care for three common conditions, including fractured wrists or elbows in children.
- limp: Use the finger ( nose to nose ) technique and then the limp wrist.
- broken: The result was a broken wrist which had to be operated in the hospital.
- injured: The band played well but their performance was marred slightly by Kevin's injured wrist ( a skiing accident!
- sore: I used over 80 screws, doing each by hand would have taken a very long time and given me a very sore wrist!
- left: The opener damaged tendons in his left wrist in a freak accident on Saturday morning.
Modifies a noun
- strap: Falling or slipping with wrist straps can inhibit your natural ability to break your fall.
- splint: Wear wrist splints for support, or try resting your wrists on a sponge bar in front of the keyboard.
- leash: Aluminum control bar comes complete with wrist leash safety system.
- cuff: This pink leather wrist cuffs will fit wrists measuring 5.5 to 8 inches round.
- spinner: Why haven't we got a world-class wrist spinner?
- fracture: There were 60 local in-patient episodes for wrist fractures in 1993/94.
Noun used with modifier
- Velcro: We've got the unit itself already attached ( via watch styled spring pins ) to the wide velcro wrist strap.
- leather: This pink leather wrist cuffs will fit wrists measuring 5.5 to 8 inches round.
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