0 past simple and past participle of sprain --
1 to cause an injury to a joint (= a place where two bones are connected) by a sudden movement: --
Nasri, initially, struggled during the infancy of the campaign due to dealing with the effects of a severely sprained ankle suffered in the pre-season.
He started 18 of 21 games; however, he missed two games with sprained right toe and 10 games with severely sprained left ankle.
Although found to be less effective than casts, compression bandages are used to provide support and compression for sprained ankles.
Higher speeds may not mean more accidents, but they certainly mean worse accidents: the impact will be worse, and the collision may mean death instead of a sprained wrist.
These accidents include numerous cuts on the body, three sprained ankles, one fractured ankle and in one case a fall which necessitated five stitches in the individual's head.
Payne slipped off a plank, and sprained his wrist; but has now recovered.
This patient was a coal-face miner, aged 35, who sustained a fracture of the lower end of the fibula and a sprained ankle.
I had sprained it three times before, and was treated by the medical profession.
