gurney
Example Sentences
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Kahlo depicts two sides of herself in the masterpiece—one lying bloody on a gurney after a surgery and the other sitting up, triumphant in a red, traditional dress.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
It’s said that he was dictating more criticism on the gurney that carried him to his final operation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
She gave birth incarcerated, handcuffed to a gurney.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024
The footage shared online showed the footballer being walked to an ambulance by paramedics and sitting on a gurney as he held a shirt to his chest.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2024
From a door behind them that she hadn’t even seen, two revival medics hurried in, put her deadish brother on a gurney, and went out the way they came.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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