How do you use Dislocate in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like displace or splay, plus the exact meaning.
Dislocate meaning
- To put something out of its usual place.
- To emotionally jar, unsettle, or disorient.
- To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.
Using Dislocate
- The main meaning on this page is: To put something out of its usual place. | To emotionally jar, unsettle, or disorient. | To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.
- Useful related words include: displace, luxate, splay, slip.
- In the example corpus, dislocate often appears in combinations such as: to dislocate, dislocate the.
Context around Dislocate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dislocate
- In this selection, "dislocate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bellinger, seriously, may, voluntarily and english stand out and add context to how "dislocate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as to dislocate or damage and cody bellinger dislocate his shoulder. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dislocate" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dislocate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Did Cody Bellinger dislocate his shoulder? (6 words)
Unfortunately, Frenchie falls into the trap so many who can dislocate a joint do, relying too heavily on the gimmick. (20 words)
Potentially, Luftwaffe "operations against England" were to "dislocate English imports, the armaments industry, and the transport of troops to France. (20 words)
They might fill up your car’s engine bay with hot cone meat, or they may dislocate your arm if they think you’re preventing them from getting access to more pine cones. (33 words)
By the start of 2017, Emma was using pain medication to subdue the pain she felt from her hip, but by 2017 her hip would dislocate voluntarily at the slightest of movements. (32 words)
Spinal manipulation is a passive manual maneuver during which a three-joint complex is taken past the normal range of movement, but not so far as to dislocate or damage the joint. (32 words)
Did Cody Bellinger dislocate his shoulder? (6 words)
Example sentences (8)
Did Cody Bellinger dislocate his shoulder?
He explained in a letter to the Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, that the impasse was already common knowledge and could seriously dislocate the peaceful working of the institution.
Unfortunately, Frenchie falls into the trap so many who can dislocate a joint do, relying too heavily on the gimmick.
By the start of 2017, Emma was using pain medication to subdue the pain she felt from her hip, but by 2017 her hip would dislocate voluntarily at the slightest of movements.
Hole EB17-02 intersected a weak zone but the main target was impacted by strong shearing and parallel dikes that seemed to dislocate the main mineralization.
They might fill up your car’s engine bay with hot cone meat, or they may dislocate your arm if they think you’re preventing them from getting access to more pine cones.
Potentially, Luftwaffe "operations against England" were to "dislocate English imports, the armaments industry, and the transport of troops to France.
Spinal manipulation is a passive manual maneuver during which a three-joint complex is taken past the normal range of movement, but not so far as to dislocate or damage the joint.
Common combinations with dislocate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to dislocate 3×
- dislocate the 2×