How to Use tibia in a Sentence

tibia

noun

• His tibia and fibula were fractured and bones broke in his foot.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• The tibia is the shin bone, and the fibula is the slimmer bone next to it.
  — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
• The crash had left her with a complex tibia fracture.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
• But a stress reaction in his left tibia cost him last season.
  — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 6 June 2018
• There was damage to his optic nerves and a broken right tibia.
  — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 5 June 2021
• Different than a tibia or something that would be a much longer time frame.
  — William Guillory, NOLA.com, 16 Aug. 2017
• The tibia and fibula form the socket for the ankle joint, while the talus is the ball.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2026
• The tibial plateau is the upper surface of the tibia that forms part of the knee joint.
  — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
• Once there, Wieber sustained a tough stress fracture on her tibia.
  — April Wallace, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2022
• The tibia, sometimes called the shinbone, is the frontal of the two bones in the lower leg.
  — Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2024
• What is a complex tibia fracture?
  — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2026
• So my surgeon had to straighten my tibia, and now my left foot points straight ahead while my right foot still is duck-like.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2022
• Albertus was sidelined with a stress fracture in his left tibia at the time of the trade.
  — Phil Rogers, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• The tibia is a long bone, the second longest in the body, in the leg that spans from the ankle to the knee.
  — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2026
• If an injury was near the femur rather than the tibia, ants would amputate.
  — Jennifer Vilcarino, ABC News, 3 July 2024
• Pulisic has a bone bruise and a microfracture of his tibia and fibula, the person said.
  — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
• In his right leg, Adin's tibia bone was broken in half and protruded through the skin.
  — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
• Cederberg was shot in his hip, wrist, tibia, triceps, torso and twice under his arm, the memo said.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 19 July 2017
• So, think of the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shin bone), humerus (upper arm bone), and even the fingers.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Jan. 2026
• But his fibula and tibia bones kept growing, pushing against the skin that had grown around what remained of his limb.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• Specifically, a break in the tibia, the larger of the two bones in your lower leg.
  — Peter Rubin, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2019
• Swanson has already had surgeries to repair an artery in his calf and repair his tibia bone.
  — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
• Bombito is returning from a fractured tibia.
  — ABC News, 5 June 2026
• But it was limited to four measurements of the skull and three of long bones — the tibia, humerus and radius.
  — Amy McRary, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2018
• All the flesh, all the muscle, everything, and then just attached at the bottom of the tibia bone was his foot.
  — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
• The tibia — also known as the shinbone — is the large, weight-bearing bone between the knee and ankle.
  — Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
• The tendon attaches the kneecap to the tibia and plays a crucial role in knee extension.
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
• His 2024 season was cut short by his fractured tibia and fibula.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
• Tingley broke both the tibia and fibula in his left leg and the original timeline was not promising.
  — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
• Technically, the shin is a bone called the tibia, which extends from below your knee to the ankle.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 Sep. 2025