How to Use anterior cruciate ligament in a Sentence

anterior cruciate ligament

noun

• Dean tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in high school.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 25 Sep. 2022
• The injury was a tear in one of his anterior cruciate ligaments.
  — Salvador Rodriguez, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
• That’s when White went down for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 23 Jan. 2022
• Cook had suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament as a rookie in the fourth game and was lost for the season.
  — Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, 30 Dec. 2019
• Thompson tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the next game.
  — New York Times, 17 June 2022
• But Toller tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during that game and missed the rest of the season.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 24 Nov. 2019
• Not the least of which is whether Watkins sits out all of next season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee.
  — Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
• Funk is a fifth-year senior who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee two seasons in a row before coming back this season.
  — Micahel Marot, baltimoresun.com, 28 Nov. 2020
• At the end of May, Acuña suffered a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
  — Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
• Four-star freshman Kyle Ford, who tore his anterior cruciate ligament a year ago, was cleared to practice in full this week.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019
• Now, one year after tearing her right anterior cruciate ligament, Press’ return to the pitch has been postponed by a fourth surgery.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• The second overall pick in 2014 has had two anterior cruciate ligament tears in his left knee.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2021
• The anterior cruciate ligament is a thick band of tissue connecting the thigh bone (the femur) to the shinbone (the tibia).
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
• Scans revealed a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and damaged meniscus in his right knee.
  — Jack Lang, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
• The fourth-year running back tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Week 3 last season and hasn’t looked close to returning.
  — Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 1 Sep. 2021
• The Brazilian missed out on the majority of last season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
  — Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• Colwill has not played for the senior team this term after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury on the first day of pre-season training.
  — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 1 May 2026
• Robinson tore the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee in the second game of the 2018 season.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 18 Oct. 2019
• Star forward Jimmy Butler is out for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
• On Sunday night, Helton said that Daniels had torn his anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus and would be out for the season.
  — New York Times, 2 Sep. 2019
• Instead, the issue lies with the surgery Fekir had to repair anterior cruciate ligament damage, and the Reds are concerend about his long-term health.
  — SI.com, 12 July 2018
• But in 2018, Robinson missed all but two games after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
  — John Reid, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2022
• Defensive ends Nick Bosa and Mykel Williams were lost to anterior cruciate ligament tears long ago.
  — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
• Miami transfer Tyler Van Dyke tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the third game of the season last year.
  — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
• Maddison suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in his right knee and had to be stretchered off the pitch.
  — Jay Harris, New York Times, 15 May 2026
• Tell a baseball fan someone’s undergoing Tommy John surgery or anterior cruciate ligament surgery, and the fan should have at least a rough idea of the process.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2018
• But this season’s success could hinge on Kyrie Irving’s return date from an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2025
• Bo and Faye are both retired after Bo tore his anterior cruciate ligament in January.
  — Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 8 Nov. 2025
• Cohen tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee 11 months ago when he was run into while making a fair catch against the Atlanta Falcons.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2021
• Colwill played his first minutes of the season after recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
  — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 7 May 2026