Synonyms for sprain

Grammar : Noun

Spell : spreyn

Phonetic Transcription : spreɪn

Définition of sprain

Origin : c.1600, of uncertain origin. The verb is attested from 1620s. A connection has been suggested to Middle French espraindre "to press out," from Latin exprimere, but the sense evolution is difficult.

noun twist
noun injury

Example sentences :

I cried, as I pressed her to my breast, "it is nothing; only a sprain."
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

The injury to Justin's hand proved to be one of strain and sprain.
Extract from : « Glory of Youth » by Temple Bailey

If I trained for a race, I was sure to sprain my ankle on the day when I was to run.
Extract from : « The Upper Berth » by Francis Marion Crawford

They watched him with some curiosity as he treated the sprain and studied the pulse.
Extract from : « The Spinner's Book of Fiction » by Various

It couldn't even have been a sprain, judging by the way he was standing there.
Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman

The ankle is treated as advised for sprain of that joint (p. 68).
Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) » by Various

This fracture might be taken for a dislocation or sprain of the ankle.
Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) » by Various

It happened that, some time after the curing of Darius's sprain, Atossa herself was sick.
Extract from : « Darius the Great » by Jacob Abbott

A man may sprain his ankle, and certainly will knock his head.
Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope

It was in trying to recover himself when he fell that he got the sprain.
Extract from : « Fighting the Flames » by R.M. Ballantyne

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