1 Having once caught the bridle, he mastered it directly and sprang to his saddle; grimacing grimly as he made the effort, for it wrenched his sprain.
2 When his sprain was well enough to admit of horse exercise, he rode out a good deal; probably to return these visits, as he generally did not come back till late at night.
3 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.
4 It was a very obstinate sprain; the swelling would not go down, and the pain still continued.
5 Porthos replied that in all probability his sprain would not permit him to depart yet awhile.
6 Her imagination was busy, her reflections were pleasant, and the pain of a sprained ankle was disregarded.
7 Early in June it happened that Agafea Mihalovna, the old nurse and housekeeper, in carrying to the cellar a jar of mushrooms she had just pickled, slipped, fell, and sprained her wrist.
8 When we were left alone in the stone-flagged kitchen, it was astonishing how rapidly that sprained ankle recovered.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL 9 One day he sprained his ankle in his effort to avoid stepping on an ant.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED 10 An oarsman sprains his wrist: the carpenter concocts a soothing lotion.