How to Use blunt trauma in a Sentence

blunt trauma

noun
  • The cause was blunt trauma injuries to his head due to a fall, the outlets reported.
    — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • It was determined Campbell died from multiple-blunt trauma.
    — Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • About 17% of the whales had major injuries such as lacerations from propellers, amputations or blunt trauma.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • An autopsy report revealed that Frehley’s death was caused by blunt trauma injuries to his head after suffering a fall, with the manner of death listed as accidental.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The medical examiner’s report cited the struggle involving pepper spray, restraint, chest compressions, asthma and blunt trauma in the cause of death.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026
  • The boy also had multiple blunt trauma injuries to his extremities that were in the process of healing, according to the medical examiner, which detected trace amounts of methamphetamine in the boy’s body.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In February, neurologists who examined the diplomats concluded that the symptoms were consistent with concussion, but without any blunt trauma to the head.
    — Kevin Fu, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Both girls’ cause of death was blunt trauma, the Winnebago County Coroner said, according to WTVO.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The Orleans Parish Coroner's Office determined his cause of death was blunt trauma consistent with an alligator attack and drowning.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Jade Damarell, 32, of Wales, fell into a field in County Durham, northern England, on April 27 and died of blunt trauma injuries, officials said, according to The Guardian.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Our global review of the medical literature documented more than 100,000 injuries from chemical irritants between 2016 and 2021, along with at least 14 deaths, all due to blunt trauma from canisters.
    — Michele Heisler, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The Orleans Parish Coroner determined that the cause of death was blunt trauma consistent with an alligator attack and subsequent drowning, according to an email the NOPD Public Affairs Division shared with USA TODAY.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The Orleans Parish Coroner determined that the cause of death was blunt trauma consistent with an alligator attack and subsequent drowning, according to an email the NOPD Public Affairs Division shared with USA TODAY.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025

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