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The judge had ordered that the curtains to the official witness room be opened earlier during a lethal injection, allowing witnesses to observe the inmate being secured with restraints to a gurney and the IV insertion process itself.—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026 Try to explain that if your kid’s lying on the gurney.—Tom Wolzien, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026 After calling Hole for help, Odin immediately starts wheeling Loke’s gurney out of the room to the elevator where the duo run straight into a gaggle of Korps members carrying guns and bouquets.—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026 In this beloved sci-fi novel, Jason Dessen awakes strapped to a gurney surrounded by figures in hazmat suits.—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gurney
Word History
Etymology
probably ultimately from Gurney cab type of horse-drawn cab with a rear entrance, from J. Theodore Gurney, who patented such a cab in Boston in 1883