dislocate
verb (used with object)
to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace.
had dislocated
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past perfectof dislocate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said after the game that Hill had dislocated his left knee and would remain hospitalized overnight for further testing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
Remarkably in the post-fight interview, Dillashaw revealed he had dislocated his shoulder more than 20 times in the build-up to the fight.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2022
Quarterback Joe Burrow, who had dislocated the pinky finger on his throwing hand the previous week, led two brilliant drives to force overtime.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
Burrow said he had about 85% velocity with a sore pinky finger on his throwing hand that he had dislocated a week ago.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2021
Chance had capriciously ruled that the hand that had dislocated the Abbé's arm should set it again, and the dead sailor lying on the sticky, tarred hatch-cover had helped.
From The Slave of the Lamp by Merriman, Henry Seton
