stretcher

Example Sentences

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A helicopter flew him to Kathmandu, where an AFP team saw him carried out on a stretcher.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

In another, a limp man partly covered in a blanket was carried away in a stretcher.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Women in green scrubs and hairnets were lined up to greet her as her stretcher rolled out of the elevator.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Two men, who came to retrieve the stretcher, saw inside Legacy's premises.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Exhilarated by the sight of our paternal grandmother’s home, we walked hurriedly down the hill toward the pink stucco building within the corral-like fence, being careful not to jostle Pita too much in the stretcher.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall