How to Use surgical in a Sentence

surgical

adjective
  • The work was done with surgical precision.
  • Cloth masks get tossed in the laundry, and surgical masks in the trash.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2021
  • If both were wearing surgical masks, that time would rise to about an hour.
    — Lisa Wood Shapiro, Wired News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Then a surgical patient dies on him.
    — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
  • One girl had used the ties from a surgical mask to hold her shoes together.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Ask who does each surgical step and how many cases the team handles per day.
    — Maria Williams, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • That May, Kristy said, a large cyst formed on his surgical scar.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The driver, wearing a white surgical mask, leans back against his seat and shakes his head.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Endometriosis does not wait for surgical proof to cause harm.
    — Sarah Berg, STAT, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Mocha is a 1-year-old female who has a surgical scar on her stomach.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Tatum post a pic of himself in a hospital gown with surgical gauze on his head.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
  • If not, a surgical mask with a cloth mask on top would be a good alternative.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Medicine should not wait for surgical proof to intervene.
    — Sarah Berg, STAT, 26 Mar. 2026
  • And Dončić was able to be more surgical is picking when to attack.
    — Dan Woike, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The cotton mask also helps make the surgical mask fit more snugly.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 8 July 2021
  • Let’s take a closer look at the options—fibrin glue and the surgical net.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Bershan fails at it, though, by being a blunt object rather than a surgical strike.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 July 2021
  • But the how is a very surgical approach, not a blanket approach.
    — CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The first step was to use my multi-tool to make a small surgical cut in the drywall above the closet.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
  • Or, if your child will tolerate a double-mask, a cloth mask can be worn over a surgical mask.
    — Betsy Morris, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Short’s naked body had been severed at the waist with surgical precision.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The fixation is showing up in surgical trends as well.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The worst nurses had failed their way off medical and surgical wards and ended up in psych wards.
    — Abraham Nussbaum, STAT, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Meredith asks before the scene shifts to a shot of the surgical interns getting ready for a new day.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
  • These fit a lot better than most cloth or surgical masks and are more likely to protect both you and others.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The same holds true in the most complex surgical field of the digestive system.
    — Dr. Victor Raúl Castillo Mantilla, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Over the last few years, four friends have asked me to escort them home after a surgical procedure.
    — Michele Promaulayko, Allure, 17 June 2026
  • Just make sure to speak to your surgeon or physician before using heat or ice around your surgical area.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The doctor’s back faced the camera, blocking the surgical site.
    — John Yoon, New York Times, 13 May 2022
  • The surgical team hadn’t found any endometriosis.
    — L'oreal Thompson Payton, SELF, 6 Mar. 2026

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