stretcher
Example Sentences
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The Netherlands international received oxygen before being taken off the field on a stretcher.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Fiala, who was laying face down on the ice, was able to prop himself on his elbows but did not move his lower body before being placed on a stretcher and taken to a hospital.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 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
In the footage, an elderly grey-haired man struggles to descend a flight of stairs from a plane and is then placed on a stretcher, where he lies shivering.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
She did not stop me as I started after the stretcher.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
