stretcher

Example Sentences

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“We thought maybe they came and there’s a stretcher and they took her out the back but her phone was there, her purse was there, all her things and it just didn’t make any sense.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Canada's Cassie Sharpe, the 2018 Olympic champion and 2022 silver medallist, qualified third after her first run, but was taken away on a stretcher after a heavy crash on her second.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Officials raced towards her and she received lengthy medical treatment before being towed away on a stretcher, with her condition unknown.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

After crashing 13 seconds into the downhill Vonn was airlifted off the mountain on a stretcher and later underwent surgery Sunday at a hospital in Treviso.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

I want to do push-ups, but I can’t on the stretcher, and it’s probably a bad idea to do them on the tiled floor, which doesn’t look recently mopped.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini