Example Sentences

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Both nurses told investigators that, as Brown changed the bandages, she expressed disbelief that no one had amputated his foot, according to the affidavit.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2022

“Some had amputated limbs and legs,” Tewodros said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2021

But her young husband of a few months now had amputated legs.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2017

Based on the howls emitting from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, you might have thought they had amputated the president’s ego.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2017

The surgeons who had amputated my leg were now working on the skin, bone, and cartilage they had removed.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge