How to Use hamate in a Sentence
hamate
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The hamate is not the only body part under duress thus far.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
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The hamate bone is on the lower outside edge of the hand.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
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That led to a hairline fracture of his hamate bone in his left hand.
—Doug Ferguson, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Apr. 2022
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He was sidelined with a hamate bone fracture in his right hand.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
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Ramírez fractured his hamate bone on a swing in the fifth inning.
—ABC News, 13 June 2026
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In 2022, Hinds broke the hamate in his left hand and missed six weeks.
—Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 17 June 2023
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Allen is on the disabled list with a right hamate (wrist) fracture, which required surgery.
—Elton Alexander, cleveland.com, 19 May 2017
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Mitchell is on the roster, but will not play due to surgery to repair a hamate bone fracture in his right wrist.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2025
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But that season was cut short after Stanton broke the hamate bone in his left hand.
—Andre C. Fernandez, miamiherald, 19 July 2017
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Miller missed a chunk of his senior season because of a hamate injury.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 12 July 2026
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Blake Mitchell was also back after breaking his right hamate bone in camp last year.
—Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
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Check swings are sometimes the culprit, but the hamate can also become stressed from years of use.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
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Carroll broke his right (non-throwing) hand hamate bone and underwent surgery.
—Derek Vanriper, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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But earlier in the count, Aquino suffered a hamate fracture in his left hand.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2021
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He had been bothered by a hamate injury but offers some impressive tools.
—Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026
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And his senior season started late due to a broken hamate bone that cost him 13 games.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2026
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The team said that's not uncommon following hamate surgery.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
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He was hit in the face with a pitch in 2014 and broke the hamate bone in his left hand the following year.
—Clark Spencer, miamiherald, 10 June 2017
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Breaking the hamate, a small bone near the bottom of the hand, is not an uncommon injury for hitters.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 20 May 2026
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Pasquantino has been sidelined since June 14 with a right-hamate fracture in his hand.
—Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
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But his left hand remains sore after having surgery to remove a broken hamate bone in April.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
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Corbin Carroll had the hamate injury this spring, but shrugged it off quickly and doesn’t seem to be struggling at all.
—Eno Sarris, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
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Aristides Aquino had surgery on April 16 to remove the hook of the hamate bone in his left hand.
—Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 14 May 2021
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Boone revealed the diagnosis of a broken hook hamate bone after the game.
—Mark Didtler, Hartford Courant, 4 Sep. 2022
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Long’s 2016 season was cut short by an injury to the hamate bone in his left hand that required surgery.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, Cincinnati.com, 21 Oct. 2017
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That's the one that required surgery for a broken hamate bone after only the season's second game and kept him out three weeks.
—Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 22 May 2018
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Allen returned to Akron this year, but his progress was delayed four weeks into the season by a hamate bone injury in his hand.
—Kirk Kenney, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
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Chang, who fractured the hamate bone in left wrist April 24, is making a rapid recovery.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2023
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Ryan Jeffers broke his hamate bone swinging and then watched two pitches go by before gesturing to the dugout.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 20 May 2026
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There is even more incentive to bring him back after Ozzie Albies fractured his left hamate bone.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
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