How do you use Fibula in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Fibula meaning
- An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
- The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.
Synonyms of Fibula
Using Fibula
- The main meaning on this page is: An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin. | The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.
- Useful related words include: calf bone, leg bone.
- In the example corpus, fibula often appears in combinations such as: and fibula, fibula and, the fibula.
Context around Fibula
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fibula
- In this selection, "fibula" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fractured, tibia, left, bone, leaving and broken stand out and add context to how "fibula" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fractured fibula and a broken fibula and tibia. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fibula" sits close to words such as abstention, acadiana and actuarial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fibula
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He spent 2017 on injured reserve with a fractured fibula. (10 words)
Above the knee: femur, knee: patella, below the knee: tibia, fibula. (11 words)
Jack Billings will miss up to eight weeks with a fractured fibula. (12 words)
In order to reconstruct his jaw, doctors had to take a portion of his fibula bone in his leg, along with skin and an artery to help re-attach his jaw to his neck. (34 words)
Alex Smith, the 34-year-old quarterback the Redskins signed for $111 million this off-season, fractured his tibia and fibula in November, then spent a month in the hospital fighting off an infection. (34 words)
But after scoring twice against the Utah Hockey Club last Monday, the Great 8 was knocked out of action with a lower-leg injury that was later revealed to be a fractured fibula. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Alex Smith broke his fibula and tibia in Week 11 before his backup, McCoy, broke his fibula against the Eagles on Monday.
Above the knee: femur, knee: patella, below the knee: tibia, fibula.
In order to reconstruct his jaw, doctors had to take a portion of his fibula bone in his leg, along with skin and an artery to help re-attach his jaw to his neck.
Jack Billings will miss up to eight weeks with a fractured fibula.
Moses’ tibia and fibula were broken during the ‘painful’ treatment last month, and magnetic, limb-lengthening nails were inserted into those bones.
Osiah, 16, broke his tibia and fibula in his lower leg after falling awkwardly in a game at Helston Athletic FC in Cornwall.
The bullet that struck her broke a bone and split a nerve in her left leg’s fibula, leaving the appendage numb.
The game was stopped for more than eight minutes after a wild Martin Taylor challenge broke his opponent’s tibia and fibula.
But after scoring twice against the Utah Hockey Club last Monday, the Great 8 was knocked out of action with a lower-leg injury that was later revealed to be a fractured fibula.
Ovechkin, 39, had a resurgent start to the season with a league-leading 15 goals in 18 games before he fractured his left fibula against the Utah Hockey Club on Nov. 18.
Alex Smith’s courageous comeback continues when he makes his first NFL start since breaking his right tibia and fibula on Nov. 18, 2018.
During a Week 6 matchup with Westosha Central High School on the gridiron, the Burlington senior suffered a fractured fibula and broken left ankle when he was tackled while running a jet sweep.
He advised Moth to get an X-ray, upon which Moth found his fibula broken above the ankle.
He spent 2017 on injured reserve with a fractured fibula.
Smith broke both his tibia and fibula Nov. 18 during the Redskins’ Week 11 loss to the Houston Texans.
Smith sustained a broken fibula and tibia in his right leg against the Houston Texans on Nov. 18, 2018, that required 17 surgeries.
They shattered his fibula and tibula—class 4 complex fractures or breaks.
Alex Smith, the 34-year-old quarterback the Redskins signed for $111 million this off-season, fractured his tibia and fibula in November, then spent a month in the hospital fighting off an infection.
Cigarini went to a nearby hospital with a fractured tibia and fibula, after surgery to say that it went well and he appreciated people thinking about him.
He has lived the alternative, breaking his right fibula in his NBA debut Oct. 28, 2014.
Common combinations with fibula
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and fibula 15×
- fibula and 11×
- the fibula 8×
- his fibula 5×
- fractured fibula 5×
- fibula in 3×
- fibula are 3×
- fibula against 2×
- broken fibula 2×
- fibula is 2×