How to Use injure in a Sentence

injure

verb
  • She fell and slightly injured her arm.
  • She fell and injured herself.
  • Several people were badly injured in the accident.
  • The name of the man who shot and injured two deputies has not been released.
    — Enquirer Staff, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Neither the driver of the SUV nor the driver of the truck were injured.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2023
  • A lot of my friends were killed and injured also the sheikh in our mosque was killed.
    — Sami Zayara, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The waves are more likely to injure or sweep people out to the ocean.
    — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The names of the people killed or injured have not been released.
    — Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
  • One man was pronounced dead at the scene and at least nine were injured.
    — Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • More than 320 people have been injured in the past five years and at least nine have died.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
  • On May 5 and 6, troops clashed on the banks of the lake, leaving scores of soldiers on both sides injured.
    — Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Bloomberg.com, 24 May 2020
  • Getting dizzy in the gym or out on a run is a good way to fall and injure yourself.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 12 Aug. 2020
  • If a minor obtained the gun and used it to kill or injure, the adult would face up to five years in prison.
    — David Eggert, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The 18-year-old was not wearing a seat belt and was injured, troopers said in the report.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in the attacks.
    — Jackie Northam, NPR, 26 May 2025
  • The crew member was injured and rushed off to the hospital.
    — Steven Asarch, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The driver of the other car was injured and had been shot, police said.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 9 July 2023
  • From the sound of it, it’s not a matter of if these dogs will injure someone else but when.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The next strike may do more than injure a small number of people.
    — David Hambling, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Forty-nine people were killed and dozens more were injured.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • At least one person was killed, and dozens were injured.
    — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 2 June 2024
  • The truck driver was killed, and nobody else was injured.
    — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 24 June 2023
  • One man was killed and three were injured when a plane struck the side of a building by the airport on Tuesday.
    — Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2023
  • The driver of the pickup truck that was involved was not injured.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2025
  • In all three states, as many as 30 people were injured.
    — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2020
  • He has not been charged in the shooting, which did not injure anyone.
    — Arkansas Online, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Among recurring wars no one dares to injure on the ride home.
    — Nikki Wallschlaeger Anne Boyer, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Lakewood officials said the two deputies in the cars that were hit were injured.
    — Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
  • The rockets landed next to the base but did not kill or injure anyone.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
  • In the quarterfinals, Miami beat Mexican club Tigres 2-1 despite the absence of Messi, who was injured.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025

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