How to Use hamate in a Sentence

hamate

noun
Definition of hamatenext
  • In 2022, Hinds broke the hamate in his left hand and missed six weeks.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 17 June 2023
  • He was hit in the face with a pitch in 2014 and broke the hamate bone in his left hand the following year.
    — Clark Spencer, miamiherald, 10 June 2017
  • Aristides Aquino had surgery on April 16 to remove the hook of the hamate bone in his left hand.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 14 May 2021
  • Wendzel, a top 15 prospect for the Rangers, broke the hook of the hamate bone in his left wrist in late May, requiring surgery. ...
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 19 Aug. 2021
  • That led to a hairline fracture of his hamate bone in his left hand.
    — Doug Ferguson, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Chang on the shelf Yu Chang was placed on the injured list with a hamate bone fracture in his left hand.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Shortstop Jose Barrero had surgery on March 22 to remove the hook of the hamate in his right hand.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Gallo had the hook of the hamate bone removed last season.
    — Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Aquino, who had surgery to repair the hamate in his left hand in April, played in six rehab games at Triple-A Louisville.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 13 June 2021
  • Pham had been out since fracturing his left hamate bone on Aug. 16 and had surgery.
    — Bernie Wilson, Star Tribune, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Long’s 2016 season was cut short by an injury to the hamate bone in his left hand that required surgery.
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, Cincinnati.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Allen is on the disabled list with a right hamate (wrist) fracture, which required surgery.
    — Elton Alexander, cleveland.com, 19 May 2017
  • But that season was cut short after Stanton broke the hamate bone in his left hand.
    — Andre C. Fernandez, miamiherald, 19 July 2017
  • Davis Wendzel, Jung’s co-first round pick in 2019, has been out a month after fracturing the hamate bone in his wrist.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 22 June 2021
  • This is the first season he’s played more than 54 games, but he was sidelined for six weeks with a fractured left hamate.
    — The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2022
  • But earlier in the count, Aquino suffered a hamate fracture in his left hand.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2021
  • He’s healed from hamstring, quad, and hamate bone injuries.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Two months earlier, Aquino had suffered a hamate fracture in his left hand on a swing in the top of the ninth inning on April 13.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 18 June 2021
  • Jose Barrero is expected to miss the start of the 2022 season because of a hamate injury in his left hand.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Chang, who fractured the hamate bone in left wrist April 24, is making a rapid recovery.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2023
  • Wendzel, the second of two first-round picks in 2019, broke the hook of the hamate bone in his left wrist during a swing on Tuesday while playing for Double-A Frisco.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 27 May 2021
  • He was placed on the disabled list Aug. 12 and underwent surgery Aug. 15 to repair a fractured hamate bone in his left hand.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2017
  • Thompson missed almost two months of the 2019 season because of a fractured hamate bone in his left hand.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 9 June 2020
  • The 28-year-old had surgery to repair the hamate bone in his wrist on April 14, a procedure that was expected to sideline him for up to two months.
    — Dallas News, 24 May 2022
  • That's the one that required surgery for a broken hamate bone after only the season's second game and kept him out three weeks.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 22 May 2018
  • Allen returned to Akron this year, but his progress was delayed four weeks into the season by a hamate bone injury in his hand.
    — Kirk Kenney, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • It’s been a rough offensive season for Barrero, who had surgery to remove the hook of the hamate in his left wrist during spring training.
    — The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Due to a fractured hamate bone and then a sprained wrist, Wendzel has been limited to 74 plate appearances at Double-A this year.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2021
  • But his left hand remains sore after having surgery to remove a broken hamate bone in April.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
  • Urías broke the hamate bone in his left hand in January playing winter ball in his native Mexico and missed the first month of spring camp.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2020

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