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- verb Present participle of
sprain .
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Examples
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Isaiah spraining his ankle and then staying on the court to finish putting up a 25-point third quarter in game six.
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Leighton, who hadn't played since spraining his ankle on March 16 and had never appeared in the NHL postseason, finished off the first combined shutout in the Flyers 'postseason history.
Leighton steps in for injured goalie Boucher to help Flyers blank Bruins
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And Yi Jianlian didn't participate in practice and said he was day-to-day after spraining his left ankle in the fourth quarter of the Wizards' 99-92 loss on Saturday to the Atlanta Hawks.
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Isaiah spraining his ankle and then staying on the court to finish putting up a 25-point third quarter in game six.
Larry Strauss: NBA Finals Storylines: Let's Hope for the Unexpected
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Corey Brown is going to be out "at least a few days" after spraining his left ankle yesterday.
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During the free skate, I made a long series of mistakes that ended with me badly spraining my ankle.
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During the free skate, I made a long series of mistakes that ended with me badly spraining my ankle.
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Perhaps Alice accidentally knocks Bob through an open window, and Catherine runs to help him, spraining her ankle and needing help from Daniel, the creepy guy who never talks.
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During the free skate, I made a long series of mistakes that ended with me badly spraining my ankle.
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Isaiah spraining his ankle and then staying on the court to finish putting up a 25-point third quarter in game six.
Larry Strauss: NBA Finals Storylines: Let's Hope for the Unexpected
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