wound
Example Sentences
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She said no and wound up styling the hair of the commandant’s wife.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
"They didn't really want to touch the wound, only because it was superglued on so much that, if they had a look, she would be really sore."
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
If you want her to pay for the French polishing, you have an extra incentive to reopen this line of communication — and the wound.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
Pope Leo XIV last month issued an apology for the Catholic Church's centuries-long delay in condemning slavery, calling it "a wound in Christian memory".
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
Rowdy wound up with a big fat meat rind and I got my usual sack of candy.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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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