How to Use cataract in a Sentence

cataract

noun
  • By then her cataracts had grown large enough to require surgery.
    — Abby Goodnough, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2020
  • His left eye had to be removed and his right eye had a cataract.
    — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The babies’ eyes had cataracts, a sign of vision loss.
    — Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Gaby was always gonna show up for her mom’s cataract surgery, c’mon.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Tourists could pay to traverse the bridge to get a closer look at the cataracts.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
  • What a cataract of disaster has poured out upon us since then.
    — Mary Ann Gwinn, latimes.com, 19 May 2017
  • What a cataract of disaster has poured out upon us since then.
    — Mary Ann Gwinn, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
  • One notes that smoking causes cataracts, which can lead to blindness.
    — New York Times, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The good news is that there's a simple, painless fix for secondary cataracts.
    — Harvard Health Letter, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Gifford had a hip replacement, broke her arm, and got cataract surgery.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 30 June 2026
  • One woman, who was around 60 years old, had been rendered blind by her cataracts.
    — Pasquale Hinrichs, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
  • In this case, the first step to resolving amblyopia is cataract surgery.
    — Dagny Zhu, Verywell Health, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Eventually the sun found its way through the cataract of winter cloud and shone down on the trees.
    — Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Persons who have need to get cataract surgery or people who need to have their gall bladder taken out.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 18 Nov. 2020
  • His eye doctor doubted that a right-eye cataract was the problem, and his retinas were healthy.
    — Jon Garelick, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Those on the list will be waiting for a wide range of treatments from cataract surgery to hip replacements.
    — Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Under the bill, optometrists could not perform initial cataract surgery.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Cataract surgery is performed to treat cataracts, which can cause blurry vision and increase the glare from lights.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2018
  • The first required a tiny piece of metal to be removed, resulting in a cataract.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2021
  • That ash can stay airborne for months, spreading a smoke screen that acts like a cataract on the night sky over thousands of miles.
    — New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Techs and physicians wear lead glasses but are about six times as likely to develop cataracts.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 3 Nov. 2019
  • While in Rowland Heights, cataracts robbed her of her ability to see.
    — Molly Castle Work | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The sun’s rays can cause damage and increase the risk of cataracts and AMD.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
  • Al Witschy was a large individual with eyes milky with cataracts.
    — David Kiefer, Executive Editorial Producer, Cincinnati.com, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Cracker Barrel quickly found out that the big picture is hard to see through cataracts.
    — Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Guided by the center’s doctors, Sophie got to test her skills in cataract surgery.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
  • When that stops working, the only way to cure cataracts is surgery, the Mayo Clinic says.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 4 May 2018
  • Six months after cataract surgery, images started to pixelate in the center of my left eye.
    — Liane Kupferberg Carter, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • People with diabetes are two to five times more likely to develop cataracts, which cloud the lens of the eye.
    — Liz Szabo, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
  • They should also never be used around the eyes, which may increase the risk of glaucoma and cataracts later in life.
    — Hallie Levine, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020

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