How to Use amputee in a Sentence

amputee

noun
  • Bruno, 42, is an above-knee amputee.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Above-the-knee amputees also need a knee joint, which costs more.
    — Jennie Coughlin, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Some were double or triple amputees.
    — Martha Raddatz, The Atlantic, 25 May 2026
  • Now, the amputee turtle has a safe home and plenty of new friends.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The amputee support group has met once per month for the past 21 years.
    — Megan Rodriguez, ExpressNews.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Even painkillers to help amputees with chronic pain are running low, staff say.
    — NBC News, 7 Jan. 2024
  • But other, unblurred videos of the scene show the man was, in fact, an amputee.
    — Quinn Owen, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2022
  • And now, that journey may change the lives of above-the-knee amputees worldwide.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
  • Some 200 such amputees had been summoned to be triaged over two days.
    — Adam Baidawi, New York Times, 28 July 2017
  • Halgren, 33, is an above-knee amputee.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Lambert was the first above-knee amputee to play lacrosse at the college level.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Kolfage, an amputee who lost three limbs serving in Iraq, could serve more than five years in prison.
    — Shayna Jacobs, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022
  • His report made the news and its amputee owner came forward to claim his former limb.
    — Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2021
  • In episode one, this man is Mike, a police officer and an amputee.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 19 June 2018
  • The 15-year-old quadruple amputee, a young black boy, is on the kitchen floor, in a headlock.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Arlester Johnson, who is a double amputee, said more needs to be done.
    — Elise Preston, CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • But what knocked my proverbial socks off is not what the above-the-knee-amputee did above the water, but under it.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The sessions for the amputee footballers normally run for two hours.
    — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Varvarych also formed bonds with other amputees.
    — Carol Guzy, NPR, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Ramachandran had the genius idea to place a mirror next to the amputee’s intact limb.
    — Popular Science, 10 Nov. 2020
  • One of the limb recipients is an amputee gamer named James Young.
    — Chloé Valentine Toscano, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
  • And for me, seeing above the knee amputee women in snowboarding, that was life-changing for me.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Purdy, a double amputee, had battled health issues in the lead-up to the Games.
    — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Octogenarians, teenagers, amputees and even a blind man have reached the top of the world.
    — Manveena Suri and Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 28 May 2017
  • Parents have reached out to ask if Brittany can talk to their child, facing a new battle as an amputee.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 25 June 2021
  • Femita Ayanbeku aims to become the fastest female amputee in the world.
    — Allison Torres Burtka, Outside Online, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Chuck Passao, 73, is a double leg amputee with a strong passion for golf.
    — Clevis Murray, azcentral, 12 June 2018
  • Friends of Mullins continue to send out calls for help as Mullins learns how to live life as a quadruple amputee.
    — Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
  • From time to time, the men pause to stand on one leg while crossing the other in front and holding it by the shin — balancing like amputees.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The adorable moment Noel, the amputee dog, managed to hop up the steps and onto the couch was captured by her owner.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025

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