wheelchair
a chair mounted on wheels for use by persons who cannot walk.
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How to use wheelchair in a sentence
After the shooting, he used a wheelchair — gold-plated and velvet-lined to his specifications.
Larry Flynt, pornographer and self-styled First Amendment champion, dies at 78 | Paul W. Valentine | February 10, 2021 | Washington PostShe can only move via a wheelchair and can’t speak, so he developed hand gestures with Holly to communicate.
A sick mother, a loving son, a signed Ovechkin jersey — and how the Caps tried to help | Kyle Melnick | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostHer experience both as a soldier and as someone who uses a wheelchair are evident in how she reacted to the danger of the moment.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth on watching rioters wave the American flag while attacking the Capitol | Emma Hinchliffe | January 14, 2021 | FortunePolice had no trouble arresting people who peacefully protested George Floyd’s death last summer or arresting people in wheelchairs who peacefully protested against repealing the Affordable Care Act.
Storming of the Capitol should give you nightmares | Kathi Wolfe | January 14, 2021 | Washington BladeMy 85-year-old father loved people, and he waved hello to everyone as he tooled around his Escondido assisted-living facility in his tricked-out electric wheelchair.
The Long Goodbye: How COVID-19 Took My Dad’s Life | Randy Dotinga | January 11, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
The series also reversed a long trend that saw the character paralyzed by the Joker and confined to a wheelchair for a decade.
Gail Simone’s Bisexual Catman and the ‘Secret Six’ | Rich Goldstein | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJasmin helps her transfer in and out of her wheelchair, get dressed, and bathe.
Care Providers Fight for $15 and a Union | Jasmin Almodovar, Shirley Thompson | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFormer Missouri State Senator Chuck Graham is paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair.
She could no longer go to the orchestra; she was confined to a wheelchair.
The Nurse Coaching People Through Death by Starvation | Nick Tabor | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUnfortunately, his disability—he is wheelchair-bound—was also in her crosshairs.
The Strangest, Cheesiest, Most Brazenly False Political Ads of 2014 | Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFarrow was going down the hall like a professional heading for the wheelchair on a strict order.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver SmithThe wheelchair was one of those old large ones with a wicker seat and back.
The Biography of a Rabbit | Roy BensonHad it not been for the doctor, Mercy might never have gotten out of her wheelchair, or gone to Briarwood Hall.
Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm | Alice B. Emerson"Tough," I said, thinking of the kid sitting out there all day in his wheelchair, straining his eyes across the palmetto flats.
To Remember Charlie By | Roger DeeIt was tough enough to be pinned to a wheelchair without being able to wiggle so much as a toe.
To Remember Charlie By | Roger Dee
British Dictionary definitions for wheelchair
/ (ˈwiːlˌtʃɛə) /
med a special chair mounted on large wheels, for use by invalids or others for whom walking is impossible or temporarily inadvisable
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