operating table

Example Sentences

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Unable to see what was happening from the operating table, Lauryn says: "I have moments of remembering things. A lot is a blur."

From BBC • May 11, 2026

The procedure they thought would spare them a complicated surgery leads some to the operating table anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Among the goods that Fried said are shipped in cargo holds are harvested lungs that need to be delivered to an operating table, temperature-sensitive and radiological pharmaceuticals and parts needed for assembly lines.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

"Since both his parents are doctors, he seemed to be among the privileged group within Gaza, but as we lifted him onto the operating table, he felt much younger than 11."

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2025

He placed a cushion on the operating table, which was really just a desk repurposed from the former school, and I laid the bonobo down on it.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer