wound
Example Sentences
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They eventually found a first aid kit to treat his open wound, but there was only a single bandage.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Speaking to reporters on the flight to Madrid on Saturday, the 70-year-old leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics said the scandal of abuse was "still an open wound" for the Church.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
When the eggs hatch into maggots, the maggots eat live tissue, causing a worsening, often painful and foul-smelling wound, according to the CDC.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
He wound up firing a record 57 pitches that reached triple digits that day, racking up 12 strikeouts over seven dominant innings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The steps wound up and up—so far up that he was certain they’d gone much higher than the shack’s two stories.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Vocabulary lists containing wound
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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