How to Use splint in a Sentence

splint

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• His leg was in a splint.
• What’s the best bunion splint to buy?
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
• Boot splints sit underneath the foot and go up the back of the calf.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
• What’s the best plantar fasciitis night splint to buy?
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
• Any moisture trapped in your splint could cause a case of foot fungus.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
• Edelman was first spotted with a small splint on the base of his left thumb.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2019
• Which plantar fasciitis night splint is best?
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
• Her first airplane trip was to Japan with a one-year old in a body splint.
  — courant.com, 5 June 2018
• For the first time since his injury, the splint came off and Allen used both hands.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Apr. 2022
• In his shock, Lewis had forgotten to build any kind of splint.
  — Benjamin Alva Polley, Outside Online, 12 Jan. 2022
• Hart started the season with a splint on his shooting hand.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
• Most are unisex with a sizing chart that gives a range of shoe sizes the splint is meant to fit.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
• The first-round draft pick is wearing a splint to protect his finger.
  — Aaron Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2019
• At the hospital, his eye was patched and his wrist fitted with a splint.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2021
• The team fitted a dummy with a traction splint.
  — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
• Suarez posted a video after the race showing his left hand wrapped in a splint.
  — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• Janey caught himself with his arm, which was put into a splint and bandaged.
  — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2019
• The splint came off around day five, which was both exciting and nerve-wracking.
  — Victoria Oliva, Allure, 23 June 2026
• The leg was placed in a splint and Morevino was vanned to the on-site clinic.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2021
• Try a few different splint designs to find a durable splint that fits in your shoes and feels good.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
• If the stem is very weak, use a stick or dowel as a splint to prevent the stem from breaking off.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2022
• Some of these types of fractures heal with time in a splint, but most often surgery is the only fix.
  — Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
• Hughes may be wearing a blue medical splint boot on his right foot.
  — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2022
• The redshirt sophomore was wearing a splint to cover his left thumb.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2019
• One of the patrollers was wrapping the skier’s right knee in an orange splint.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 25 Nov. 2022
• That membrane and the shells were once used as vegetal dyes for basket splints.
  — Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 26 July 2025
• Green, who sported a splint on his left middle finger, will be out a couple of weeks.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2020
• Lane practiced Friday and should be able to play with the injury and splint/tape.
  — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• Most people are able to put the splint away once their plantar fasciitis no longer bothers them.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
• Bunion splints can help slow the progression of your bunion and relieve both pain and pressure.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026

splint

2 of 2 verb

• Who will stop his mower for an hour to splint the broken leg of a meadowlark.
  — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2020
• His left hand was splinted and bandaged; long metal pins protruded from it.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2017
• The hand and wrist are then splinted to immobilize them, though the fingers can remain free.
  — Scott Sundick, Verywell Health, 3 June 2024
• Typically, the tree won't die, but the cracking may be severe enough to splint the tree with branches falling off.
  — Tammie Souza, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
• Allen, who was on the bench supporting teammates during Cleveland’s recent homestand, still has a protective wrap and splint on his left hand.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 2 Apr. 2022
• With use of a carbon fiber splint the team crafted overnight, Johnson practiced again the next morning and crashed again, but pressed on and qualified and raced Sunday.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2022
• Following surgery, restricting movement is critical to proper healing, so a hard or soft cast, splint or walking boot is usually prescribed.
  — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2020
• When Carter, who is now 15, fell and broke his elbow, his mother splinted his arm and called two friends on the mainland, who motored them by boat across the water to a hospital.
  — Zoe Greenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2019
• Topical and oral pain relievers can be combined with other therapies, including splinting and hand and wrist exercises.
  — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
• Total Point’s top-of-the-line facilities issue services ranging from cold and flu to casting, splinting, and bracing; from wound care to school physicals and beyond.
  — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 8 Dec. 2023
• Gahm and her daughter were able to splint her arm after the fall, but the increasing pain and other side effects from the fall convinced Gahm to activate a personal locator beacon.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2021
• Treatments range from splinting and activity modification to medications and surgery.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
• The hospital splinted the bird's broken toe and then placed the heron in a cage for transport to the Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia for further rehabilitation.
  — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026