appendix

Example Sentences

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Her appendix was removed and she was put on a waiting list for a specialist women's hospital.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

She had a hysterectomy last year to remove her womb alongside her appendix and is now paying privately for physiotherapy.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

If instituting fair grades leads to crying, sobbing and “soul-crushing” setbacks, I wish her luck should she ever be called on to dig out a ruptured appendix at 3 a.m. on her birthday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

But the book includes an appendix of poems he cherishes by the likes of W.H.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

She may have been a foul and beastly woman, but she had had a nurse’s training and she didn’t want a ruptured appendix on her hands.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl