How to Use the wounded in a Sentence

the wounded

noun
  • And then there are the wounded.
    — Amin Khodadadi, NBC news, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Eleven children were among the wounded.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
  • When a van arrived to pick up the wounded, it was also shot at.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • One cadet met police and led them to the scene of the shooting and the wounded.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Many of the wounded were in their teens to mid-20s, police said.
    — Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Teen victims were also among the wounded.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Several of the wounded had bullet holes in their legs or feet.
    — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Lopez’s 9-year-old daughter was also among the wounded.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Three explosions rang out, followed by screams and cries of the wounded.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Blood trailing behind the wounded as they’re pulled from the frenzy.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The names of the wounded were not released, but they were identified as four girls and one boy.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Among the wounded were 14 other kids and three adult parishioners.
    — Christian Orozco, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Khan said some of the wounded were in critical condition and the death toll could rise.
    — Anwarullah Khan and Riaz Khan, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
  • Naeem said some of the wounded had severe burns and many had limbs amputated.
    — CBS News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Her phone started ringing with calls for help from the relatives or friends of the wounded.
    — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Some of the wounded were bystanders who were not involved in the dispute between the two groups.
    — arkansasonline.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • All of the wounded are expected to survive.
    — Marc Santia, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The conditions of the wounded were not released.
    — ABC News, 3 May 2026
  • Identities of the wounded have not been released.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Medicine is dwindling and hospitals are packed with the wounded, the displaced and the dead.
    — Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • In Gaza, medics have used Starlink while healing the wounded.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
  • Identities of the wounded — and the two rival gangs — have not been released.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Ambulances rushed to drag the wounded away, while panic rippled through the crowd.
    — Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • At least four of the wounded were in serious condition.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Two police officers were among the wounded.
    — CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
  • That’s where most of the wounded were transported by ambulance.
    — Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 17 July 2023
  • The lists were likely copied from Union records by the women who visited the wounded.
    — CBS News, 4 June 2025
  • Travis launched a counterattack, drawing fire away from the wounded.
    — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Yet, even in the intensive-care unit, some of the wounded must be laid on the ground or in the hall, because there are not enough beds.
    — Adam Rasgon, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The three people killed died at the scene, and five of the wounded are in a critical condition, the city said.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024

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