strapped

Example Sentences

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Nonprofit hospitals are required to provide a certain level of charity care to financially strapped patients, and some states have comparable requirements for for-profit hospitals as well.

From New York Times

“Gills are like giant radiators strapped to your head,” Royer says.

From Scientific American

“Gills are essentially giant radiators strapped to the head,” he said.

From New York Times

With a pair of virtual reality goggles strapped around his head, he used joysticks to steer the craft and its payload of two pounds of explosives.

From New York Times

Elizabeth Holmes blends in with the other moms here, in a bucket hat and sunglasses, her newborn strapped to her chest and swathed in a Baby Yoda nursing blanket.

From New York Times