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wheelchair
[ weel-chair, hweel- ]
noun
- a chair mounted on wheels for use by persons who cannot walk.
wheelchair
/ ˈwiːlˌtʃɛə /
noun
- med a special chair mounted on large wheels, for use by invalids or others for whom walking is impossible or temporarily inadvisable
Word History and Origins
Origin of wheelchair1
Example Sentences
After the shooting, he used a wheelchair — gold-plated and velvet-lined to his specifications.
She can only move via a wheelchair and can’t speak, so he developed hand gestures with Holly to communicate.
Her experience both as a soldier and as someone who uses a wheelchair are evident in how she reacted to the danger of the moment.
Police 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.
My 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 series also reversed a long trend that saw the character paralyzed by the Joker and confined to a wheelchair for a decade.
Jasmin helps her transfer in and out of her wheelchair, get dressed, and bathe.
Former 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.
Unfortunately, his disability—he is wheelchair-bound—was also in her crosshairs.
Farrow was going down the hall like a professional heading for the wheelchair on a strict order.
The wheelchair was one of those old large ones with a wicker seat and back.
Had it not been for the doctor, Mercy might never have gotten out of her wheelchair, or gone to Briarwood Hall.
"Tough," I said, thinking of the kid sitting out there all day in his wheelchair, straining his eyes across the palmetto flats.
It was tough enough to be pinned to a wheelchair without being able to wiggle so much as a toe.
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