How to Use wounded in a Sentence
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What is clear is that a wounded city is aching again.
—Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
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What is clear is that a wounded city is aching again.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
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Trump called for prayers for the wounded guard members.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
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It had been found stuck, with a wounded paw, in a garden fence.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
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The best to hope for is that the tree will callus over the wounded area.
—oregonlive, 18 June 2023
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The wounded man then gained control of the suspect’s gun and shot him.
—Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 16 Sep. 2022
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Police didn’t find a firearm on either of the wounded men.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 2 Mar. 2026
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In the end, at least two people were killed and nine more wounded in the attack.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
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Police then found a wounded Scrogham.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
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The wounded officer fell to the ground but was able to return a few shots.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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The camera stays focused on the wounded man, lying on the ground.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 15 July 2022
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Doctors will elevate the wounded area and draw blood for tests.
—Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
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Combat medics are then trained to treat wounded soldiers, or, role players.
—Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
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Graham walked over to the wounded man, who pulled out his own gun and shot at Graham.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
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The wounded man was taken to a hospital.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
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The chase picked back up as Lally sat with the wounded officer.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 14 Nov. 2023
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Ly said the wounded teenager ran out of the station and was caught by the guard, who was not injured in the shootout.
—Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
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Cole often compares his clients to a wounded elk, stalked by corporate wolves.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
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One fighter is seen firing a rifle at a wounded man as others step over bodies.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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The operation left dozens of people dead and dozens more wounded.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
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That firefighter who was carrying a wounded person that was shot on the streets just a few weeks ago.
—Scott Pelley, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Both of the wounded people know their attacker, police say.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
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The wounded man was not publicly identified.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
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The laws of war require either side in a conflict to provide care for wounded and shipwrecked troops.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2025
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No body-camera videos were released from the wounded officer,who police said did not fire shots.
—Emily Davies, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
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The defense also argued that Tuttle was too wounded to be a threat at the time he was killed.
—John Wayne Ferguson, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2026
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No one else was with the boy, and no other wounded people have been found, authorities said.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
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This trade was more about closure, as a wounded fan base settles into the rebuild around Flagg.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
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Are these mountains of fire the voice of a wounded land, or the guardians of a history still seeking justice?
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2026
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Slowing down could mean death — more shelling could occur at any moment — but driving too fast could cause the wounded man harm, too.
—Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2022
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