verb
definition
To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
example
to sprain one's ankle
Examples of sprained in a Sentence
Tripping while walking and sprained ankles are common.
Her forearm was starting to swell, as if he'd broken or sprained it.
A sprained knee is one of the most common sporting injuries.
He could not tell them simply that everyone went at a trot and that he fell off his horse and sprained his arm and then ran as hard as he could from a Frenchman into the wood.
Any joint can be sprained, but the most frequently injured joints are the ankle, knee, and finger.
Also missing will be reserve goalkeeper Jason Jones, who will be out for a couple of weeks with a sprained ankle.
Sean Marshall In the same game, Sean sprained the ankle ligaments in his right foot.
I came out of it with only a severely sprained right ankle, which meant crutches.
Now that injury might not be very severe, a slightly cricked neck, a sprained wrist, a twinge in the knee?
De Boer was the obvious choice in goal, what with De Boer out with a sprained wrist.
Perry won, and won as he liked, for Cramm sprained a muscle in his thigh on the first service of the match.
Even gentle massage will help with strained, sprained or arthritic joints.
However, once a joint has been sprained, it never is as strong as it was before.
If you aren't comfortable dancing in heels, go for lower, squared heels that define shapely legs without threatening a sprained ankle.
Don't mess around hoping a badly sprained ankle will get better in the middle of winter.
It was they, these soldiers--wounded and unwounded--it was they who were crushing, weighing down, and twisting the sinews and scorching the flesh of his sprained arm and shoulder.
While the most catastrophic cheerleading injuries occur when a flyer falls, there are other cheerleading dangers such as sprained ankles, torn ligaments, and similar injuries.