appendix

Example Sentences

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She had a hysterectomy last year to remove her womb alongside her appendix and is now paying privately for physiotherapy.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

Britain is a “defiant but friable little nation floating off the edge of a continent” that itself is “an appendix of Asia.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

That is explained in an appendix more than halfway through the 394-page document.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025

"By the time he got there, his appendix was completely burst, he had a blocked bowel, it was twisted. He was in a real mess," she said.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025

Last year when Ma’s appendix broke, when her sick leave was gone, we got bread, peanut butter, and applesauce.

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes