bandaged

verb

Definition of bandagednext
past tense of bandage
as in bound
to cover with a bandage her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully

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Recent Examples of bandaged Police then escorted Rajapaksa, who had one eye bandaged from recent surgery, to a vehicle to be taken to a jail. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 In clips of the season 2 episode documenting Kari and Gina’s surgeries, the women are anesthetized, cut into, shunted around, bandaged, and propped up for interviews. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026 On a recent morning in the city center, Spanish police were kicking out young boys who had slept overnight on cardboard slabs, some of them bruised and bandaged. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026 Tight end Greg Dulcich participated in his third practice wearing a red [non-contact] jersey, and with his fingers on his right hand bandaged up. — Omar Kelly august 8, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026 Doctors removed the pole, bandaged him up and Cifaldi was back at work this week. — CBS News, 30 July 2026 Her wrists were bandaged and a sterile pad was placed on her neck, Dougherty said. — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 Colorado Public Radio News reported that the woman injured in Aurora, 22-year-old Emma Landis, was pictured walking on crutches with her lower-right leg bandaged and returned to an anti-ICE demonstration outside the Aurora facility on Sunday. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026 Both players had their heads bandaged and were substituted, for Chris Wood and Filip Jorgenson, after a stoppage of around five minutes. — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bandaged
  1. bound
  2. dressed
  3. treated
  4. healed
Verb
  • Seth Jones’ shot from the point struck Tkachuk on the arm and bounded in.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Russia’s support for Tehran has been operationally meaningful but carefully bounded.
    — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of bound
Verb
  • Ben-Gvir, dressed in a white shirt and white kippah, speaks halting English.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • That first recreation starts with Fielder and Seyfried’s conversation, cuts to the recreation itself, and continues with Fielder talking to the Seyfried in a makeup chair, getting dressed for the role.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of dressed
Verb
  • These products have long been treated as compromises — fallbacks for pet owners or renters.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • But the familiarity of the fantasy elements and the brusqueness with which they’re treated would be forgivable if Wildwood did a better job exploring how the real world connects to the magical side of the story.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of treated
Verb
  • Advertisement Ask your dentist to examine the tissue beneath the denture, especially if a sore hasn’t healed after two weeks.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • But for Dolla $ign, time hasn’t healed the wound left by his close friend’s early departure.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of healed

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“Bandaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandaged. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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