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noun

injury

CEFR B1

any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

In a sentence

Six example sentences with injury, each labelled with its topic.

  • The team lost its point guard to a knee injury in October and never recovered its early-season rhythm.

    Basketball

  • The claim turned on whether the injury happened on the loading dock or in the parking lot outside.

    Law

  • Sensors in the helmet log every impact, and coaches review the data whenever a player reports a head injury.

    Technology

  • Most running injuries come from adding distance too fast, so the plan raises the weekly total by ten percent at most.

    Fitness

  • The scan showed a wrist injury less severe than feared, and the surgeon expected a full recovery within six weeks.

    Medicine

  • A repetitive strain injury kept the pianist away from the keyboard for a year, and she relearned her technique from scratch.

    Music

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