How to Use injure in a Sentence

injure

verb
  • She fell and slightly injured her arm.
  • She fell and injured herself.
  • Several people were badly injured in the accident.
  • A lot of my friends were killed and injured also the sheikh in our mosque was killed.
    Sami Zayara, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • One man was pronounced dead at the scene and at least nine were injured.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The 18-year-old was not wearing a seat belt and was injured, troopers said in the report.
    Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The driver of the other car was injured and had been shot, police said.
    Austindedios, oregonlive, 9 July 2023
  • Forty-nine people were killed and dozens more were injured.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The truck driver was killed, and nobody else was injured.
    Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 24 June 2023
  • One man was killed and three were injured when a plane struck the side of a building by the airport on Tuesday.
    Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2023
  • Mink might not be big enough to go after a big dog, but that doesn't mean they can't get injured by one.
    Gina Martinez, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • No one was injured in the process of the pursuit or the PIT maneuver, the state police release states.
    Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Police did not say if the driver of the Toyota, a 57-year-old woman, was injured.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Crum, who played in three games as a freshman before being injured, was third on the depth chart.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
  • They had been struck and injured while walking to school on National Walk to School Day.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Twenty-five others were shot and even more were injured during that hellish scene of guns and blood.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 10 July 2023
  • The truck’s driver, who was alone in the vehicle, was not injured, McDaniel said.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 24 June 2023
  • Of the people injured, 15 people were on the boat at the time of the explosion and one person was on the dock, highway patrol said.
    Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
  • But the other half of that dominant duo is injured and will miss the beginning of the season.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024
  • One person died, and 22 others were injured by the gunfire, nine of whom were children.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Eleven people were killed and nine others were injured.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • No staff or other inmates were injured and at no time was the public in danger.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2023
  • Two firefighters died battling the blaze, and at least six others were injured.
    Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 8 July 2023
  • Five adults in the Lexus were injured and transported to a hospital, and two adults and three children in the Nissan were injured.
    Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Four students died and six other students and a teacher were injured.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Earlier this week, two people were shot dead and two injured when a gunman opened fire at a bar in Sandviken.
    Reuters, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The victims included 22 to people who were injured and one person who was killed.
    Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Two people were injured overnight in two shootings across Denver.
    Julianna O'Clair, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Fans of the musicians who have been injured have taken to social media calling for change.
    Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 10 July 2023
  • Six people were killed and one injured Monday in a knife attack at a kindergarten in southern China.
    Larissa Gao, NBC News, 10 July 2023

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