stretcher

Example Sentences

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Images released by a local media outlet showed a woman being evacuated on a stretcher and scenes of heartbreak outside the school, with people crying and hugging each other.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

A title favorite this year from Unitree, one of China’s top humanoid-robot makers, collapsed several times and was taken off the track on a stretcher, leaving the race unfinished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The France forward left the pitch at Anfield on a stretcher, and Liverpool fear he faces a long absence, and that he may miss the start of next season.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Moore says he used a stretcher, borrowed from another funeral service, to collect a body from a local nursing home.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Representative Henry Barnhart of Indiana was carried in on a stretcher from a Washington, DC, hospital after an appendectomy; he stayed just long enough to vote.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling