How to Use laceration in a Sentence

laceration

noun
  • The broken glass caused severe laceration of his feet.
  • She suffered lacerations on her legs.
  • The man was treated for a laceration in his leg, the NPS added.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The next day, the Tigers put him on the injured list with a right elbow laceration.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2022
  • Kaprielian had a laceration near the nail of his right middle finger that was enough for the A’s to scratch him.
    John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Mauro was killed in the crash and a teenage boy suffered a head laceration.
    Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Alvarez was injured in the eye and sustained a laceration to the head.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Her cause of death was ruled to be multiple blunt injuries to the head with fractures of the skull and lacerations of the brain.
    Jared Formanek, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The laceration is located on the inside portion of the eyelid, near the corner and close to the nose.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The child tried to flee but was stabbed in the back, suffering a laceration to his right shoulder.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The police officer had a laceration on the left side of his head.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
  • But the man showed a reporter the lacerations and described how men pistol-whipped and beat him.
    Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2023
  • When police showed up at the venue around 9:40 p.m., Redd had sustained a laceration to his face.
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The attack left the man with a laceration on his foot, officials said.
    Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 14 July 2022
  • The man was lying on the bed and reportedly had bruising and swelling to his face and a laceration to his right ear.
    Arkansas Online, 22 July 2022
  • Her body is covered with bruises and lacerations; her feet and face are burned.
    Joshua Partlow, John Farrell, Brady Dennis, Brianna Sacks and Joanna Slater, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The driver of the Prius was not injured, but a 26-year-old man suffered bruising to the back, and another man, 32, had a laceration to the elbow.
    Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2022
  • At that point, the laceration on his back was discovered.
    jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • One woman had a laceration to her face and other parts of her body and was flown out by a helicopter.
    Adrian Sainz, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The victim had a deep stab wound to his calf and multiple lacerations on his body, police said.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with a laceration to the head in good condition.
    Tatyana Turner, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2022
  • One man had a small laceration on his left wrist and the other had two stab wounds on his left shoulder and shoulder blade area that were about a half-inch long.
    Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The third and smallest of the cubs at only 500 grams was given a grave prognosis from the start due to its small size and severe laceration on its leg.
    Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 29 Feb. 2024
  • One man was treated at the scene for minor lacerations.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Reacting to the laceration, Dancing With the Stars fans quickly ran to comfort the judge in the comments section.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The father was also taken to the hospital for a large laceration on his head.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 26 July 2023
  • The nurse noted a blood stain on Sanchez’s shorts, lacerations in her vaginal area and bruising elsewhere on her body.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The woman was taken to hospital and received three staples on the right side of her head for a deep laceration.
    Amir Vera and Zenebou Sylla, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The woman was hit in the head with an unknown object, the release said, causing a laceration and bleeding.
    Amir Vera and Rob Frehse, CNN, 26 July 2022
  • The victim suffered a broken nose and face lacerations, court records say.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023

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