How to Use appendix in a Sentence

appendix

noun
  • The book has several appendixes.
  • In your textbooks, turn to Appendix 3: Glossary of Terms.
  • There was a stage four tumor in the appendix.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • Beard fakes a ruptured appendix, which gets him off the plane.
    Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
  • The appendix is the old propane tank in the corner of the basement to the soul.
    Talia Argondezzi, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The list of programs and services would be moved to an appendix.
    Jacqueline Lee, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2017
  • Lévêque was 9 years old when her appendix was removed by the surgeon.
    Linda Hervieux, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The last time José Andrés was on was the night my appendix burst.
    Pervaiz Shallwani, Bon Appétit, 9 Sep. 2024
  • No one plans on having their appendix burst or having a heart attack.
    Dené K. Dryden, Twin Cities, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Keep reading to learn exactly how to know if your appendix burst.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 9 Sep. 2019
  • In an appendix, Digges abolished the outer sphere of the stars.
    Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
  • The pain often builds and builds until the appendix ruptures.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 22 Oct. 2018
  • The appendix is a small pouch that hangs off the large intestine on the lower right side of the abdomen.
    Linda Carroll, NBC news, 9 June 2025
  • The appendix is a small pouch branching off the first section of the large intestine.
    Lilia Goncharova, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The memo included an appendix with names of the employees who would be fired.
    Pat Milton, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Her appendix, a thin tube that joins to the large intestine, needed to be removed right away.
    Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Dec. 2021
  • In truth, the two are, for now, not much more than an appendix in each other’s lives, a testament of what wasn’t.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The book ends with a pair of appendices that will help out Dungeon Masters in a pinch.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Moss wisely presents each case without the outcome; for that, readers must turn to the appendix.
    Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
  • The appendix can burst within 24 hours or less of symptoms starting.
    Brandi Jones, Health, 17 May 2025
  • This was in addition to the removal of my appendix because the cancer had spread there, and then nine more weeks of chemo.
    Jennifer Garam, SELF, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Nobody’s taking my appendix out here.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Wayne Taylor said his son woke up with a pain in his side and had his appendix removed Monday night.
    Jenna Fryer, The Seattle Times, 12 Apr. 2019
  • The appendix is located in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 July 2022
  • Researchers have also proposed that the appendix acts as a microbial refuge.
    Lilia Goncharova, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
  • In Texas, a five-year-old almost died of a ruptured appendix due to medical neglect in the camp.
    Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 June 2019
  • The paper's body has 55 of them, and there are another 67 in the appendices.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 13 Aug. 2024
  • As a teenager, a ruptured appendix led him to promise to devote himself to God.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
  • An appendix at the end of the Binarly report lists all products known to have used that key or any of the other test keys.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 25 July 2024
  • Kraus ends with an appendix of messages the murderers exchanged leading up to the crime…These texts are not rich text.
    Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

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