How to Use fetlock in a Sentence

fetlock

noun

• Eskenforadrink had sustained a fracture to her right front fetlock.
  — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 26 June 2019
• Other bones fractured and destroyed the fetlock joint, an equine version of the human wrist.
  — Elliott Almond, The Mercury News, 29 June 2019
• Pre-race favorite Ulysses was scratched Saturday morning due to a swollen fetlock.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 4 Nov. 2017
• Deputy sports a Relentless breast collar, bridle, saddle pad, and fetlock and hoof wraps.
  — Melissa Lyttle, Smithsonian, 13 Dec. 2017
• The arthritis affected Goody worst in her front left fetlock, a giraffe equivalent of an ankle.
  — Carolyn Wilke, sacbee, 18 Aug. 2017
• The horses splashed fetlocks through the mud and water stood in little pools all about the desert, glistening ripples of silver in the blustery gusts of wind.
  — Literary Hub, 8 July 2026
• Omaha Beach was found Thursday to be suffering from light swelling in his right hind fetlock, Mandella said, and his team made the decision to pull him from the race.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 23 Jan. 2020
• Even fans who wouldn’t know a furlong from a fetlock, understand that Derby Day requires the widest brims, the boldest colors and the most outrageous equestrian clichés.
  — Michael Solomon, Forbes, 7 May 2022
• Multiple fractures with missing fragments, fetlock open and disarticulated, severe soft-tissue damage.
  — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
• Can You Dream, a 3-year-old filly trained by Rafael DeLeon, sustained a left front fetlock injury on the backstretch of Sunday’s eighth race and was euthanized due to the severity of the injury.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026
• Cornucopian euthanized Cornucopian, the 6-5 favorite who suffered a catastrophic right front fetlock injury while moving forward in the Grade I six-furlong Bing Crosby sprint Saturday, was euthanized Sunday morning.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026