operating theater

Example Sentences

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A week ago, the director had stopped Rustin in the hallway and mentioned a complaint—something about words in the operating theater.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

With the governor in her ear, Glenda paced up and down the operating theater.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2024

Tweezer in hand, Mandolin Brassaw concentrates like a surgeon in the operating theater as she places metal letters in minuscule 6-point type into a curved tray.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2022

For those last moments, I was something more like an extension of the operating theater.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2021

“Good,” he said, “we are taking you to the operating theater immediately.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela