Example Sentences

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Instead of amputating her arm to stop the spread of cancer, as her doctors urged her to do, Milla turns to a severely restricted diet consisting primarily of juice.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

Procedures that have been performed by staff at Al Shifa under such circumstances have included amputating limbs and fingers, stitching up serious wounds, and treating serious burns, said Abu Selmeyah, without elaborating.

From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2023

A staph infection meant amputating her left foot below the knee in 2017.

From Washington Times • May 4, 2023

Later, doctors recommended amputating his left leg, his mother said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022

That meant amputating the foot and the bottom of the leg, and fitting me with a prosthesis—an artificial leg.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge