How to Use surgeon in a Sentence

surgeon

noun
  • All of the surgeons seem tied up.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The surgeons did the hard part.
    — Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Hey, brain surgeon, my house burned down.
    — Tom Wait, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • My surgeon did a great job; my scars are not bad.
    — Marci Greenberg Cox, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The surgeon ran back in, and a life was saved.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
  • From the check-in to the valet guy to the surgeons.
    — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The surgeon shaved down part of the bone to make space for the nerve.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The surgeon opens your skull and the area of your brain where the aneurysm is.
    — Ruth Jessen Hickman, Health, 23 July 2025
  • This would need to be treated by the surgeon.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • Even my surgeon didn’t have an answer for me.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • Abbot is sure their surgeons will get him through this.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But life and his surgeon had other ideas.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
  • When in doubt, talk to your surgeon and healthcare team.
    — Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Your surgeon may be able to point you to someone who does great work.
    — Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2021
  • Of course, past roles alone are not enough to indict a guest-star surgeon.
    — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The next surgeon was more promising.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 20 Apr. 2026
  • And that’s a good thing, because surgeons spend a lot of years in school.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Nelson worked as a heart surgeon prior to his time with the church.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Mohs surgery allows the surgeon to be sure that all the cancer is gone.
    — Becca Longmire, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Their surgeon in Kyiv could no longer perform the surgery.
    — Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Her videos are not fact-checked by a surgeon or doctor either.
    — Jessica Grose, New York Times, 26 May 2021
  • One cut was deep and close to the spine, according to his surgeon.
    — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • That explains the robed surgeons.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
  • How much to rely on that bot – and when to let go – is a moral quandary for the surgeon.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Some jobs do have to be in person, say a plumber or a surgeon (mostly).
    — Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The doctors have been amazing – my surgeons and that stuff.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The teen, who was buried in her cap and gown, wanted to be a trauma surgeon.
    — Carla K. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Sometimes, though, the lip itself will tell surgeons where to cut.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Otherwise, the surgeon won’t know how much to take out.
    — Michelle Kuo, The Dial, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Wellings said surgeons removed more than 11 lbs.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026

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