the walking wounded

noun

: people who are injured but still able to walk

Examples of the walking wounded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even worse, newcomer Nestor Cortes lasted only two starts before joining the walking wounded. —Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025

For long periods of Saturday’s 3-1 away win against Fulham, Everton resembled the walking wounded. —Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 12 May 2025

Gabe Landeskog will play again Saturday for Eagles Avalanche Journal: Cale Makar’s remarkable feat, through his teammates’ eyes Defenseman Ryan Lindgren also joined the walking wounded after being injured Tuesday night against Vegas. —Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2025

But that is exactly what the Yankees got on Monday, though at least so far, the latest addition to the walking wounded appears to be less severe than most of the others. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025

The Lions, who are the walking wounded on defense, have not fared well with scrambling quarterbacks all season. —Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025

Rhymes for the walking wounded

• abounded
• astounded
• compounded
• confounded
• expounded
• foregrounded
• impounded
• propounded
• rebounded
• resounded
• subrounded
• surrounded