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How to use splint in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun, verb

Splint means a narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece. Example: “I bound the splint to my leg.”

More sentences with splint

  • I bound the splint to my leg.From the entry bound
  • I had bound the splint with duct tape.From the entry bound
  • Splint the leg first, then transport back to the river bank.2015 July 15, Nate Ostis, NOLS River Rescue Guide, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry slow is smooth, smooth is fast
  • He tied the splint into place with cord he'd made from long, threadish needle-grass awns.2000, Terry Schiffman, Adam and Even, page 130. From the entry threadish
  • Splints and slings, already described, are easily artificed out of small saplings or from stiff bark.1922, Appalachian Mountain Club, The A.M.C. White Mountain Guide: A Guide to Trails in the Mountains. From the entry artifice
  • A soft padded bandage or splint may be used to protect the limb for 2 weeks if bilateral procedures are done.2013, Theresa Welch Fossum, Small Animal Surgery Textbook, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN. From the entry ostectomy
  • Wouldn't grow straight if you put a splint on 'er.2003, Kit St. Germain, Thirteenth Fairy, page 246. From the entry crook and nanny
  • Aids, such as a Zimmer frame, walking stick, or foot-drop splint may be needed at some point by many patients.1988, Derick T Wade, Stroke: A Practical Guide. From the entry zimmer frame
  • The nail is replaced to provide a physiologic dressing and to splint open the eponychium so that a new nail will grow in place.2008, Peter M. Antevy, Richard A. Saladino, “103: Management of Finger Injuries”, in Christopher King, Fred M. Henretig, editors, Textbook…. From the entry eponychium
  • Slide air splint up your arm then grasp victim in a handlock while assisting first aider to apply traction to the arm.1988, Brent Q. Hafen, First Aid for Health Emergencies, page 292. From the entry handlock
  • Over a dirty hemp tunic he'd thrown a jerkin of goat's pelt in the manner of goatherds, two splints on the ankles were tied blood-stoppingly fast with leather thongs.2000, Eva Bourke, Travels with Gandolpho, page 38. From the entry stoppingly
  • If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself.[1920], Peter B[ernhard] Kyne, chapter XII, in The Understanding Heart, Toronto, Ont.: The Copp Clark Co., →OCLC, page 202. From the entry spavin

Meaning of splint

  1. noun A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
  2. noun A splinter caught in the skin.
  3. noun A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.

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Questions about splint in a sentence

How do you use splint in a sentence?
Splint is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I bound the splint to my leg.”
What is a short sentence with splint?
“I bound the splint to my leg.”
What does splint mean?
Splint means a narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.

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