How to Use prosthesis in a Sentence

prosthesis

noun
  • She was fitted with a prosthesis to replace her missing leg.
  • Patch doesn't wear a prosthesis, but some one-eyed horses do.
    — Eliza McGraw, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2017
  • Sasha now uses her third prosthesis in a little bit more that a year.
    — Natalya Kushnir, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Joseph never spoke of the pain or having a prosthesis in place of a right leg.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Arceneaux is now the first person with a prosthesis to go to space.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Such marks on a prosthesis send the message that the limb isn’t fully yours.
    — Chloé Valentine Toscano, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2024
  • He was then forced to confront the then-abysmal state of wood and plastic prostheses.
    — Patrick Lucas Austin, Time, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The stars of this new campaign aren't caped humans but adorable dogs with prostheses.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Her first prosthesis had been fully covered by that plan.
    — Ramon Taylor, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Add a little snake prosthesis, and there’s your non-bitey rattlesnake.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 May 2026
  • Her first fittings for leg prostheses came soon thereafter.
    — Boyce Upholt, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The study authors think that the man was using his teeth to tighten the straps on his prosthesis.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Guerrero paints the toenails of her new prosthesis.
    — Ramon Taylor, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Each prosthesis is hand-tied and is made completely from human hair.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • But the glasses are not meant to be a permanent prosthesis.
    — Nick Haber, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2020
  • The gore is more graphic, the prostheses more up-close and personal.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The man has been using the prosthesis in his daily life for more than three years to grasp objects and pour drinks.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2023
  • These are now considered the gold standard for above-knee prostheses.
    — Jothy Rosenberg, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The leather upper arm piece is used to fix the prosthesis to the remaining upper arm.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2012
  • Guerrero poses for a photo in her cap and gown while wearing the new prosthesis.
    — Ramon Taylor, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Arceneaux became both the youngest person and the first person with a prosthesis to go to space.
    — Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The attachment Aist received last month for his new prosthesis is a hook.
    — Greeley Tribune, The Denver Post, 19 July 2020
  • The hand part of the prosthesis fits on top of Samantha’s existing hand.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Then molds were used to create silicone prostheses, which were color-matched to her skin tone.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Guerrero's new prosthesis, right, and a photo of one of her older foot braces on her mother's phone, left.
    — Ramon Taylor, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The stress of his nearly 265-pound frame on his prosthesis put too much pressure on the top of his leg.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 29 May 2021
  • Learn how medicine can swap out failing body parts, from prostheses to transplants and beyond from the queen of the subgenre.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
  • So all of our writers’ meetings were with him in the makeup chair in various stages of prosthesis.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 June 2024
  • That is, the way to do this is to strap on something that plainly looks like a dystopian prosthesis or torture device.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Maddamma ran portions of the track and jumped rope, taking note of his gait and how responsive the prosthesis felt.
    — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2018

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