All 3 Uses of
sprain
in
War and Peace
- "No, it's a sprain."†
Chpt 2 *
- It was they, these soldiers—wounded and unwounded—it was they who were crushing, weighing down, and twisting the sinews and scorching the flesh of his sprained arm and shoulder.†
Chpt 2
- He could not tell them simply that everyone went at a trot and that he fell off his horse and sprained his arm and then ran as hard as he could from a Frenchman into the wood.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(sprain) injury to the ligaments of a joint caused by stretching them too far -- most commonly injuring the ankle
(ligaments are the tough, fibrous bands that connect bones across joints)editor's notes: Note that a strain is a similar injury caused by stretching the muscle until it rips.