How to Use paraplegia in a Sentence

paraplegia

noun
  • Exoskeletons are worn around the legs to help those with paraplegia walk or even climb stairs.
    — Caroline Barlott, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2016
  • Brett’s paraplegia led her to rekindle her love of cycling, which began for her as a child.
    — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Bryant-Mulcare has paraplegia and is a full-time wheelchair user.
    — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 28 July 2020
  • Wheelchair basketball games were some of the first public displays of paraplegia, Davis said.
    — Annette Sisco, NOLA.com, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Portland police are seeking the public's help to find a missing man with paraplegia who was last seen Monday.
    — Samantha Matsumoto, OregonLive.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Musk said the early clinical trials will aim to treat people with paralysis or paraplegia.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Krouse ruled Moreno died of complications from paraplegia due to the gunshot wound and classified his death as a homicide.
    — Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Then, when Walter was just 5, Deramus was in a car wreck that left her in a wheelchair with paraplegia.
    — Laurie Stern, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia, is paralysis that results in the partial or total loss of use of all four limbs and torso, while paraplegia does not affect the arms.
    — Bill Lindelof, sacbee.com, 10 May 2017
  • His treatment by police aggravated the injury that caused his paraplegia and humiliated him.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The injuries Cruz sustained were catastrophic, including paraplegia, a crushed abdomen, lower back and pelvis and rib fractures.
    — Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 6 Oct. 2022
  • That’s because surgery, either by cutting open the patient’s chest or by the new, less invasive method of inserting stent grafts through arteries in the thigh, both come with high risk of stroke, paraplegia and death.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In 1917, while working as a volunteer at a hospital for coal miners, Guttmann encountered a patient with a spinal injury and paraplegia.
    — Evelyn Frick, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Togolese soccer star, Samuel Asamoah, is at risk of paraplegia after breaking his neck during a mid-game collision with an advertising board in China.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • On a recent morning, Phillips, 44, started his day at the home of a person with paraplegia, using a special lift to help him out of bed and with personal hygiene then into an electric wheelchair.
    — Paul Sisson dec. 31, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Dad lost his youngest son—my brother Peter—to mental illness and supported his oldest son—my brother Frank—to readjusting to life in a wheelchair when an accident left him with paraplegia.
    — Dr Margie Warrell, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Ellen and Thomas Daly joined the paraplegia foundation’s Milwaukee chapter and worked in various roles at the organization.
    — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2019
  • Their disabilities include amputation, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, paraplegia and spinal cord injury.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021
  • People with paraplegia can control their bladder through sacral nerve stimulation, facilitating communication between the bladder and brain.
    — Caroline Barlott, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2015
  • Ong continues to share her story about regaining her strength after paraplegia and wrote two books called Back on My Feet and The Heart-Centredness of Medicine.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Users with paraplegia can easily transfer into the suit directly from their wheelchair, ensuring exceptional usability for people with disabilities.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Emily Barker, a 28-year-old based in Los Angeles, lives with paraplegia and an inflammatory condition that requires them to take immunosuppressant drugs.
    — Jameson Rich, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2021
  • While Musk's company touts the benefits of the technology for helping people devastated by paralysis or paraplegia, others have expressed concerns about the potential darker nature of the technology.
    — Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2022
  • In collaboration with Fudan University’s Huashan Hospital, researchers enabled a patient with high-level paraplegia to control a smart wheelchair and a robotic dog.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Actor/performance artist/artist Anne Gridley, known for her work with Nature Theater of Oklahoma, created and performs this solo piece (with background dancers) about her experience with hereditary spastic paraplegia, a health condition which is gradually taking away her ability to walk.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026

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