wound
Example Sentences
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The female screwworm fly lays its larvae in a wound or an opening of an animal.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Unlike a virus, the parasite can’t spread directly from animal to animal, and it requires an open wound to infect an animal, Talbot said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
A hot-strip mill flattens thick slabs of heated steel into long, thin ribbons of sheet steel that are wound into coils and shipped to customers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
They eventually found a first aid kit to treat his open wound, but there was only a single bandage.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
I went back to bed with the gold threads wound tightly around my finger, making it numb and tingly.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Vocabulary lists containing wound
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 1
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