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.
  • Keep friends on hand who will support your ideas or extricate you from any jam.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2020
  • He was trapped by a slab of a concrete wall but was able to extricate himself.
    — Bruce Schreiner, ajc, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Police went to the bedroom and were able to extricate the man.
    — cleveland, 23 Feb. 2022
  • He was extricated by fire crews and pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Then the play ends and the actor has to extricate themselves.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The birds fly around the light, unable to extricate themselves.
    — Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The previous two times the police had to break down her door to extricate her.
    — Joseph Goldstein and James C. McKinley Jr., New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
  • To extricate oneself, a cog in the email machine, while the rest of us remain?
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 11 June 2018
  • Keese and the children had to be extricated from the car, police said.
    — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Firefighters were called to extricate the boy, who died at the scene, police said.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 2 July 2019
  • The driver of the car had to be extricated from the car after the crash, police said.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 29 Feb. 2020
  • They were trapped for more than two weeks in a cave before being safely extricated.
    — Matt Gutman, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • Crews worked quickly to shore up the area and then carefully cleared away the sand to extricate the patient.
    — Mason Leath, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2025
  • All three people in the car needed to be extricated, the release said.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2024
  • All three people in the car needed to be extricated, the release said.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
  • There was never going to be an easy way to extricate ourselves from 20 years of war.
    — Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Brown watched as the man was extricated from the car and taken — alive — to the hospital.
    — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 17 Dec. 2025
  • The driver was pinned inside the car, and responders had to extricate him.
    — Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The truck is about 20 yards off the roadway, and the victim has not yet been extricated.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Glaser, 66, had to be extricated from the Lexus and died from his injuries.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Rotert says one person had to be extricated from the vehicle.
    — Fox19 Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The driver had to be extricated and was rushed to the hospital, but later died.
    — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2018
  • One of the vehicles was overturned on its roof, and the person had to be extricated.
    — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 4 May 2026
  • Vargas was trapped and had to be extricated by first responders.
    — Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Two people, one in each vehicle, were extricated from the wreck.
    — Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Jan. 2026
  • One of the passengers had to be extricated from the plane by first responders.
    — Sean Cotter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
  • Two of those trapped were found to be alive but could not be immediately extricated.
    — Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026

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