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.
• The name of the man who shot and injured two deputies has not been released.
  — Enquirer Staff, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025
• Neither the driver of the SUV nor the driver of the truck were injured.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2023
• A lot of my friends were killed and injured also the sheikh in our mosque was killed.
  — Sami Zayara, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
• The waves are more likely to injure or sweep people out to the ocean.
  — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2021
• The names of the people killed or injured have not been released.
  — Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
• One man was pronounced dead at the scene and at least nine were injured.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2023
• More than 320 people have been injured in the past five years and at least nine have died.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
• On May 5 and 6, troops clashed on the banks of the lake, leaving scores of soldiers on both sides injured.
  — Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloomberg.com, 24 May 2020
• Getting dizzy in the gym or out on a run is a good way to fall and injure yourself.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 12 Aug. 2020
• If a minor obtained the gun and used it to kill or injure, the adult would face up to five years in prison.
  — David Eggert, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2022
• 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
• At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in the attacks.
  — Jackie Northam, NPR, 26 May 2025
• The crew member was injured and rushed off to the hospital.
  — Steven Asarch, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
• The driver of the other car was injured and had been shot, police said.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 9 July 2023
• From the sound of it, it’s not a matter of if these dogs will injure someone else but when.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 5 Dec. 2020
• The next strike may do more than injure a small number of people.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
• Forty-nine people were killed and dozens more were injured.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
• At least one person was killed, and dozens were injured.
  — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 2 June 2024
• 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
• The driver of the pickup truck that was involved was not injured.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2025
• In all three states, as many as 30 people were injured.
  — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2020
• He has not been charged in the shooting, which did not injure anyone.
  — Arkansas Online, 17 Apr. 2021
• The two-alarm fire injured five people, including four civilians and one firefighter.
  — Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 24 Jan. 2026
• Claxton, who injured his right pinky but still finished the game, added 18 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
• The lawsuit alleges the day care left the infant unattended in a bouncing chair and was severely injured by an older child.
  — Maria Salette Ontiveros, Dallas Morning News, 24 Jan. 2026
• Eighteen others were injured in the attack.
  — Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026