operating table

Example Sentences

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Some desks were buried under stacks of paper, others were as sterile as a surgeon’s operating table.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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

An hour later, she was on the operating table.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025

After his surgery, John said he could notice an improvement as soon as he woke up after spending 10 hours on the operating table.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025

Once the doctors had him on the operating table and opened him up, they saw that he had cancer.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank