How to Use spinal in a Sentence

spinal

adjective
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  • The Aerons were lined up right by the entrance—dozens if not scores—like a vast army of spinal support.
    — Michelle Slatalla, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Five days before the sale, Westcott had spinal surgery on his back.
    — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The 23-year-old woman sustained a head and spinal injury.
    — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 23 May 2023
  • Squeeze your glutes and core to maintain a strong spinal alignment, looking at the floor ahead of you.
    — Tony Gentilcore, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Play around and see what works best for your body and spinal mechanics.
    — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Ozzy Osbourne cancels tour dates in the UK and Europe due to a spinal injury.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The scan at 20 weeks confirmed the fetus's spinal cord hadn't closed so spinal fluid was leaking.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The 5,000 mph reentry was a rough one and one of the four astronauts who just spent a week orbiting the moon has a spinal injury.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023
  • At one point, Lamb played a game of catch in a hospital hallway with AJ Thomas, who is 12 and awaiting spinal surgery.
    — Dallas News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Police have not said how Green could have obtained his spinal injures.
    — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The bullet severed her spinal chord, paralyzing her from the waist down.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • It could be caused by lesions, nerve damage or spinal injury.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
  • For instance, the wait time for spinal procedures has increased to nearly two weeks from three days.
    — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • One sign - spinal fluid in infants with parechovirus often has few to no white blood cells.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 20 July 2022
  • This could become a problem as Strobl may soon undergo a spinal surgery.
    — Mckenzie Andersen, oregonlive, 24 July 2023
  • Fit and finish are excellent and the optional sport seats are true thrones of spinal support.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 18 May 2023
  • The lawsuit claimed that his body was in a weakened condition because of his spinal injuries from the traffic stop.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Nine years later, he was involved in an on-duty crash that left a woman with spinal injuries.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The ferret fell from a fifth-floor balcony in 2017, causing severe spinal trauma and chronic pain.
    — Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • He was sidelined for one game because of a concussion and sat out the final seven because of a spinal injury.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The fossil itself is an incomplete skull with jaws, teeth and the topmost spinal vertebra.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Its surface is smooth and even, which promotes spinal alignment without being too firm or hard.
    — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Enlarge / Surgeons performing a spinal surgery in Nice, France.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The duo were scheduled to play as a team in a mixed doubles match at Wimbledon in July 2023, but Badosa had to withdraw at the last minute due to a spinal injury.
    — Kaitlin Stevens, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The Cowboys linebacker and rookie fifth-round pick underwent spinal fusion surgery in March.
    — Dallas News, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Fink wrote that the fall caused a severe concussion, a bruised lung, a spinal fracture and 10 broken ribs at the sternum which makes breathing and moving very painful.
    — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
  • This suggests a similar rate of growth for their cervical spinal cord axons, which falls short of the blue whale and Rapetosaurus peak spinal axon growth rate.
    — Jeffrey M. Rodgers, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2022
  • However, the death certificate later listed a spinal and neck injury as the cause.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • After the car crash in Illinois, Woods was hospitalized with spinal and foot fractures.
    — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The pilot Scott Booth fractured his lower left leg, and passenger Jennifer Barham had a spinal fracture.
    — The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024

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