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gurney

[gur-nee] / ˈgɜr ni /
NOUN
cart
Synonyms
STRONGEST
rickshaw truck wagon
STRONG
barrow buggy dolly dray gig handcart palanquin pushcart tumbrel wheelbarrow
WEAK
curricle tilbury two-wheeler
NOUN
cot
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bunk
STRONG
berth trundle
WEAK
army bed camp bed folding bed small bed
NOUN
stretcher
Synonyms
STRONG
bed cot litter
WEAK
dooly

Example Sentences

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Kahlo depicts two sides of herself in the masterpiece—one lying bloody on a gurney after a surgery and the other sitting up, triumphant in a red, traditional dress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

It’s said that he was dictating more criticism on the gurney that carried him to his final operation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Once Matilde was placed on a gurney and moved into an ambulance, she was taken three miles to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025

Footage shared on social media showed a shirtless Pearsall being walked to an ambulance by paramedics and sitting on a gurney as he held a shirt to his chest.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2024

We entered the same room the gurney had been wheeled from.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros