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Six example sentences with abrasion, each labelled with its topic.
She finished the game with an abrasion along her forearm from diving after a loose ball on hardwood.
Basketball
Cyclists tape their palms because a fall on gravel leaves an abrasion that stings for days under gloves.
Fitness
A week of new sandals left an abrasion across her heel, and the pharmacy sold blister pads by the roll.
Travel
The nurse rinsed the abrasion with saline, then covered it lightly so the raw skin could heal without a cracking scab.
Medicine
The box grater caught his knuckle, and the small abrasion stung every time he squeezed a lemon that evening.
Cooking
A week of practicing on steel strings left an abrasion on her fingertip, so the teacher moved the lesson to piano.
Music
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