wound
Example Sentences
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"In the origins, there's a wound there," he says.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
“I fortunately escaped without a wound, though the right wing where I stood was exposed to and received all the enemy’s fire,” he wrote after a 1754 skirmish with the French.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
"It's time for the US to put its footprint back on Greenland," he said as he wound up his four-day visit.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Trying to weave together an impossible number of threads means some moments stick out sloppily, like a character’s reveal of a magically healed wound we never knew they had.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
She smiled but looked as blank as ever, and her tongue wound around her mouth.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Vocabulary lists containing wound
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 1
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