wound
Example Sentences
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Only about a yard of this is visible; the rest is wound on horizontal spindles.
He wound up getting help from a therapist, he said at the time.
From Los Angeles Times
Four days on from the disaster, Swiss police announced all 116 people wounded in the deadly fire had now been identified, alongside the 40 fatalities, most of whom were teenagers.
From Barron's
Across the league, a new wave of quarterbacks outshined the old guard and wound up piloting the best teams in the sport.
Those conversations shattered the "prejudice" she carried, an ignorance that "reduces a person entirely to their wound".
From BBC
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