How to Use pronator in a Sentence

pronator

noun
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  • The right-hander has been on the IL since June 30 with a strained right flexor pronator.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 29 July 2021
  • The reliever missed 36 games with a right pronator strain. ...
    — USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2017
  • The next day he was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right flexor pronator muscle strain.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2019
  • He was sidelined for three months in 2018 because of a right pronator muscle strain and missed most of last year.
    — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 15 Jan. 2020
  • He has been sidelined since spring training with a strained right flexor pronator.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • After a healthy spring, his injury issues resurfaced — the right-hander missed more than two months with a flexor pronator strain in his right arm, sustained in late April.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2019
  • Both are now on the DL, the former due to shoulder impingement, the latter due to a pronator strain which felled him after making his first quality start of the month on August 22.
    — Jay Jaffe, SI.com, 29 Aug. 2017
  • The Angels star was diagnosed this week with a forearm injury — specifically, a grade 1-2 sprain of the flexor pronator mass in his right arm.
    — Maria Torres Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Weaver, who suffered a flexor pronator mass sprain and a UCL strain on May 27, received news that both injuries were healing as expected.
    — Jenna Ortiz, azcentral, 24 June 2019
  • Houston is without ace Lance McCullers Jr. for this series because of a flexor pronator muscle strain in his right arm.
    — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Medical tests revealed a pronator teres strain, which is a forearm injury near his elbow.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 July 2021
  • Odorizzi left his start Saturday after just five pitches with what the team called tightness in his right forearm, and Baker announced Monday that Odorizzi had a strained right pronator.
    — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Also, these shoes don’t provide any additional stability for a severe over- or under-pronator, but the additional cushion underfoot may be enough for someone with a slight roll.
    — The Si Staff, SI.com, 14 Mar. 2017

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