Some sentence examples which use the word 'sprain'
In a minor sprain some of the fibers within the ligament are stretched.
It came to pass, that in the ambergris affair Stubb's after-oarsman chanced so to sprain his hand, as for a time to become quite maimed; and, temporarily, Pip was put into his place.
Aiming treatment only at those players who had previously suffered a sprain was the most cost-effective approach.