operating room

Example Sentences

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The team was about to take her to the operating room when he was finally able to detach it.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

The similarities to the operating room were obvious: the physical space was rigid, the moves repetitive, the pressure intense.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Ten years ago, I found myself running beside my wife Sharon as she was gurneyed into an operating room in Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

"There's a lot of interesting emotional circuits that are deep in the brain, but until now you couldn't manipulate them outside of the operating room."

From Science Daily • Feb. 4, 2026

He explained that a couple of days before, he had been cleaning the operating room as they finished up with my surgery.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals