operating table
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Unable to see what was happening from the operating table, Lauryn says: "I have moments of remembering things. A lot is a blur."
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Some desks were buried under stacks of paper, others were as sterile as a surgeon’s operating table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
An hour later, she was on the operating table.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
When people want to get taller, they wind up on Dr. Kevin Debiparshad’s operating table for leg-lengthening surgery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
He died before the twins were born—on the operating table, while his gall-bladder was being removed.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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