stretcher

Example Sentences

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot says Hugo Ekitike's injury "looks really bad" after the France striker was taken off on a stretcher during Tuesday's Champions League loss to Paris St-Germain.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 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

“We thought maybe they came and there’s a stretcher and they took her out the back but her phone was there, her purse was there, all her things and it just didn’t make any sense.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

After crashing 13 seconds into the downhill Vonn was airlifted off the mountain on a stretcher and later underwent surgery Sunday at a hospital in Treviso.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

I want to do push-ups, but I can’t on the stretcher, and it’s probably a bad idea to do them on the tiled floor, which doesn’t look recently mopped.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini