How to Use MCL in a Sentence

MCL

noun
  • Trae Young is out with a right MCL sprain.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Alex Bump was playing with an MCL sprain.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • But Leatherwood missed four games with a torn MCL.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Suggs had missed the past eight games because of a right knee MCL bruise.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Sean Couturier scored a hat trick and had five points playing on a torn MCL.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • So is center Austin Corbett because of a strained MCL.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Young started for the second time in three games after missing 21 games with a right MCL sprain.
    — CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Rookie forward Adou Thiero (right MCL sprain) remains out.
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026
  • She was ruled out with an MCL injury in her right knee on Tuesday and will sit out the remainder of the year.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Hunt tore his left biceps, and Corbett suffered a grade 3 MCL sprain, Canales said.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Crosby missed a month after sustaining an MCL injury at the Olympics.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Matt Peart played 57 snaps Sunday in London with a torn MCL in his left leg.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Matthews has not played since tearing his MCL on March 12 against the Anaheim Ducks.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Following the series loss, it was revealed that James had been dealing with an MCL sprain late in the series.
    — Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Witt, who suffered a Grade 1 MCL sprain on Thursday, seemed to be moving fine, which should be a relief.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026
  • Brents, 25, sustained a torn MCL and meniscus in last year’s season opener and appeared in just two games last season.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Brents, 25, sustained a torn MCL and meniscus in last year’s season opener and appeared in just two games last season.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Brents, 25, sustained a torn MCL and meniscus in last year’s season opener and appeared in just two games last season.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Pacheco has been limited to just 20 total games over the last two seasons — most recently dealing with an MCL sprain in his right knee last year.
    — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But Brents, 25, sustained a torn MCL and meniscus in last year’s season opener and appeared in just two games last season.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Adams missed two months after tearing the medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his left knee.
    — Charlie Davies, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • As expected, safety DeShon Elliot has been ruled out due to suffering an MCL sprain.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • McCabe also sustained an MCL tear earlier in his career and recalled his knee was stiff for weeks after the injury.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Toronto captain Auston Matthews had surgery on his left MCL in New York on Thursday.
    — ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The team has been struggling without Clark, and Sophie Cunningham has been lost for the season due to an MCL tear.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • In 2024, two players landed awkwardly on his knee, causing a torn MCL in the season opener.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2026
  • That was an area of need last season, especially as Josh Atencio missed significant time with an MCL strain.
    — Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Allen is expected to miss eight to 12 weeks after being placed on IR last week with what is believed to be an MCL injury.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Aiyuk suffered a torn ACL and MCL in October 2024.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But when Young suffered an MCL sprain five games into the season, that might have wound up being the beginning of the end of his time in Atlanta.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026

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