How to Use cartilage in a Sentence

cartilage

noun

• She fell and damaged some cartilage in her knee.
• The meniscus is the disk of cartilage that sits in your knee joint.
  — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 1 Feb. 2023
• Mike Bites ears have a bite mark at the top of the gummy, right where Tyson took off a piece of Holyfield's cartilage.
  — Morgan Sung, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2022
• The labrum is a ring of cartilage that helps stabilize the shoulder joint.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2022
• The other thing here is the presence of cartilage in these structures.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 July 2022
• That piercing sits in the ear cartilage across the lower ear canal from the standard tragus.
  — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 12 July 2022
• His doctor told him that so much lifting had worn down the cartilage in his spine.
  — Hikari Hida, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2023
• Protein is one of the key building blocks of muscles, cartilage, bones, and skin.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
• In modern vertebrates, the cartilage doesn't form from cells that start in the arch structure.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 July 2022
• Fish with cartilage, part of the chondrichthyan group, include sharks, skates, rays and chimaera.
  — CBS News, 20 Oct. 2022
• Glucosamine is an amino acid that helps protect and rebuild cartilage in the joints.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• The skeleton is made of soft cartilage that doesn’t fossilize well, Pimiento said.
  — Maddie Burakoff, ajc, 17 Aug. 2022
• My high school guidance counselor, who had the same cartilage piercing as me.
  — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2022
• Mike Bites ears gummies have a bite mark at the top of the gummy, exactly where Tyson took off a piece of Holyfield's cartilage.
  — Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
• The curved blade on this knife gives plenty of leverage for slicing large cuts, breaking through small bones, and cartilage.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 18 Oct. 2022
• Epiglottis, which is a flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue that is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the windpipe.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
• These parts are full of cartilage, tendons, and other grisly bits, which lends well to long hours in a slow-cooker.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 17 Aug. 2023
• The meniscus is a pad-like structure made up of cartilage that cushions the point of connection between bone of the thigh and the bones of the shin, Schumacher says.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 2 May 2023
• While customers could order pulled pork or a rack of ribs, most people went with the rib tips, small smoky pieces of pork riddled with bones and cartilage.
  — Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
• In comparison, the cartilage and muscle that make up most of the rest of a shark carcass might not be worth the effort, Watson says.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2023
• Look instead for cuts with cartilage, tendons and (at least a few) bones: Chuck, brisket, oxtails, cheeks and shin are ideal.
  — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
• Lobe piercings tend to heal more quickly than cartilage ones.
  — Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2023
• The articular cartilage—a smooth, shiny covering on the bones of our joints—wears down.
  — Lauren Del Turco, Health, 6 Feb. 2024
• Before he was lost for the season in early October to torn knee cartilage, Jaren Kump had made a case as the best tackle on the roster.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Apr. 2022
• Finally, the Flip N Zip Saw powers through cartilage and bone.
  — Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2022
• Most any good deer cartridge will do the job, but keep in mind that big boars can be tough to put down and keep down because of the thick cartilage shield protecting their vitals.
  — Michael Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2023
• Currently, he’s got a bad ankle where there’s no cartilage in it.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 2 Nov. 2022
• Sharks don’t have bones; their skeletons are completely made up of cartilage.
  — al, 21 July 2022
• From the time Cousin was 18, his body was being wracked by an autoimmune disease that attacked his cartilage, his skin, his teeth.
  — Matt Soergel, Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2022
• There were also chicken feet and cockscomb—the latter a prize for diners who, like me, enjoy chomping on springy cartilage.
  — Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024