How to Use wound in a Sentence
- She suffered a knife wound to her thigh.
- Her mother's scorn left a wound that never healed.
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Blood poured from a wound in his neck.
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Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The man died from his wounds at the scene.
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Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Paramedics found him with a knife wound to his chest.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
5 May 2026
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Paramedics found him with a knife wound to his chest.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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Grapes fall from Christ’s open wound.
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Patricia Lockwood,
The Atlantic,
12 Apr. 2026
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Chalk it up to a bad match, and lick your wounds.
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Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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He was treated for a wound on his leg.
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Stephanie Douglas,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Not as a wound, but as a compass.
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Zach Sweet,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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And the two shrapnel wounds on her own body.
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Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Good died of gunshot wounds to the head.
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Russ Bynum,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Good died of gunshot wounds to her head.
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Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Said movement, the hand-wound cal.
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Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
19 Jan. 2026
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The man had gunshot wounds and was dead at the scene.
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Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2026
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And there was a s-- puncture, a stab wound here.
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Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Good died on the scene from a gunshot wound to the head.
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Jessica Schladebeck,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Both men were dead with gunshot wounds, deputies say.
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Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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The man was found with stab wounds to his body and a head injury.
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Jt Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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The younger man had at least one stab wound to his neck, police said.
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Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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This is where Halvorson has his burns and wounds cleaned.
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Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Sep. 2025
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Bostic was found with 25 gunshot wounds.
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Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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There are certainly a lot of open wounds left.
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Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
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Police said the man had a gunshot wound to his neck.
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Lauren Victory,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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George saw the gunshot wound just under the ribs.
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Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The man had suffered a gunshot wound to his thigh.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
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He's got a big fat bullet wound in his shoulder.
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Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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The teen had a gunshot wound to the hip/abdomen area.
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Ben Wheeler
updated May 27,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2026
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Vibrio can enter the body through open wounds.
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Mollye Barrows,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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One person was found dead from a gunshot wound on the train.
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Elizabeth Pritchett,
FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
- The soldier's leg was wounded by a grenade.
- Losing the match wounded his pride.
- Four people were seriously wounded in the explosion.
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His wife was wounded in her hip.
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Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
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These actions wound the soul of our city.
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Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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Bolling was wounded in the jaw, chest and leg.
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Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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His nature is to win and to wound and to get the last laugh.
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Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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And Ted was wounded and bloody.
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Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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Deer that are wounded could be scared and fight back with their antlers or limbs.
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Oct. 2025
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The attack left at least four dead and eight wounded.
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Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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What once killed campaigns now barely wounds them.
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Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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He was wounded in action twice.
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Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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His son was wounded but survived.
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ABC News,
4 May 2026
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His son was wounded but survived.
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ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The pope was wounded but survived.
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USA Today,
6 May 2026
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What does that word mean when you’ve been wounded, as a male, since childhood?
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Kevin Powell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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An ex-boyfriend of one of the women was also shot and wounded.
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Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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Both writers are wounded—one by a knife and the other by loss.
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Audiofile Magazine
september 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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One shot struck Barboza in the head, while two shots wounded his legs.
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Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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Williams shot two, police say, wounding one and killing Comeaux.
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Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Oct. 2025
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In Kabul, pickup trucks crammed with men and boys wound their way through the city.
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Lawrence Richard,
Fox News,
16 Aug. 2023
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Three other men were wounded in the shooting.
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Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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One victim was killed and six others wounded.
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Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Downs herself was wounded on her left forearm.
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Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Carter was wounded during the exchange with deputies.
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Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Three people were killed and three others wounded.
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Arkansas Online,
13 Sep. 2025
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Eleven other students and two staffers were wounded.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Eleven other students and two staffers were wounded.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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The name and condition of the man who was wounded has not been released.
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ABC News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The name and condition of the man who was wounded has not been released.
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Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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