wheelchair

noun

wheel·chair ˈ(h)wēl-ˌcher

: a chair mounted on wheels especially for the use of disabled persons

Example Sentences

He was in a wheelchair for several months after the accident.

Recent Examples on the Web The marathon kicked off at Dodger Stadium at 6:30 a.m. with wheelchair participants, followed a short time later by elite runners and then the general public. —

Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2023 On a drafty February morning, two volunteers with Vostok SOS, one of the few aid groups able to evacuate people with disabilities, lifted her father into a wheelchair. —

Siobhán O'grady, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023 Díaz was taken off the field in a wheelchair in Miami soon after pitching a perfect ninth inning to close out Puerto Rico’s 5-2 win over the Dominicans. —

Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023 His teammates lifted Diaz from the ground and placed him on a wheelchair to be taken from the field in pain. —

Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023 Díaz was taken off the field in a wheelchair in Miami soon after pitching a perfect ninth inning to close out Puerto Rico’s 5-2 win over the Dominicans. —

San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2023 In the fall of 1940, at age 51, Midgley contracted polio, and the dashing, charismatic inventor soon found himself in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down. —

Steven Johnson, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023 What’s immediately apparent is how spacious the rear compartment feels; the requirement to accommodate a passenger in a wheelchair results in more headroom than any SUV. —

Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2023 He was ultimately helped to the dugout, then put in a wheelchair and taken into the clubhouse area. —

Jon Couture, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023 See More

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