gurney
noun
a flat, padded table or stretcher with legs and wheels, for transporting patients or bodies.
gurneys
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pluralof gurney.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Background actors who fill the overcrowded waiting room or lie on gurneys waiting for treatment have medical journeys organized by the show’s production team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
An image published by state media on Monday showed a room in a main hospital in the city flooded with murky water and two patients seated on gurneys.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
They see and treat heart attacks and strokes, or don’t see them, learning that sometimes the people they think are fine to leave waiting on gurneys aren’t.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025
Posting on X, McGarry said he saw three people "seriously injured" on hospital gurneys awaiting treatment.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024
The man turned to the waiting room and saw what he’d missed before: there were no gurneys rolling through to the ER, no sick and wounded in pain.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
