How to Use extricate in a Sentence

extricate

verb

• They extricated the tractor from the mud.
• She hasn't been able to extricate herself from her legal problems.
• Several survivors were extricated from the wreckage.
• The victims were able to extricate themselves from the car.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 15 Dec. 2022
• Police went to the bedroom and were able to extricate the man.
  — cleveland, 23 Feb. 2022
• Glaser, 66, had to be extricated from the Lexus and died from his injuries.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2023
• He was trapped by a slab of a concrete wall but was able to extricate himself.
  — Bruce Schreiner, ajc, 14 Dec. 2021
• He was extricated by fire crews and pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
• Thai Navy Seals entered the cave to help and hang out with the boys as rescuers planned how to extricate them safely.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
• It was stuck between the tire wall and the fence, delaying efforts to extricate Zhou.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 3 July 2022
• In the late 1970s, Turner managed to extricate herself from her husband and set out on her own.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 24 May 2023
• To extricate Karth and her children, a rescue team equipped with hydraulic cutting tools hacked the car apart.
  — A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023
• Firefighters trapped beneath the debris of the home sent out mayday signals and crews on the scene rushed to extricate them.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• One of the passengers had to be extricated from the plane by first responders.
  — Sean Cotter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
• Emergency crews had to extricate the woman and the boy, who was the front-seat passenger, from the wreckage.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2024
• Five juveniles were ejected from the car, while a sixth had to be extricated from the SUV, Curry said.
  — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• The Bristol Fire Department was able to extricate the 61-year-old.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 1 July 2022
• Cromwell said the cops had to use acetone to dissolve the superglue in order to extricate himself from the Starbucks.
  — Vulture, 28 Mar. 2023
• Stone said firefighters had to put out a small fire, due to diesel fuel spill, and extricate the driver from the wreckage.
  — Alice Fabbre, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2021
• The vehicle was submerged and took some time time extricate.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 24 Mar. 2022
• Might there be a graceful way to extricate oneself from entrapment of this sort?
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2022
• The setback comes at a time when both sides were looking for a way to potentially extricate themselves from a low point in ties that has had the world on edge.
  — Matthew Lee, ajc, 6 Feb. 2023
• The two died in the car before firefighters could extricate them, the charging document said.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2022
• The skylight has been lifted off Toland Hall to create an opening large enough to extricate the panels by crane.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2021
• The other four patients – three females and one male – had to be extricated from the vehicle.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 7 May 2023
• Dear Miss Manners: What is the best way to extricate oneself from the faux pas of an uncontrollable laugh, snort or giggle?
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
• Then there is the Middle East, from which America has been trying to extricate itself for years.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 25 Jan. 2022
• Emergency crews responded to extricate at least one driver from one of the cars involved in the crash, according to the log.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
• Firefighters used trauma sheers, wire cutters and a knife to carefully cut away the cords and extricate the buck.
  — Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 25 Jan. 2022
• At the scene, firefighters extricated the driver of the Chevrolet SUV.
  — George Wiebe, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024