How to Use amputate in a Sentence

amputate

verb

• His arm was badly injured and had to be amputated.
• To save his life, doctors had to amputate the ends of his limbs.
  — Sam Bradpiece, CNN, 5 Nov. 2019
• The agency said medics had to amputate an arm to free her.
  — Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Zeynep Bilginsoy, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2023
• The crash broke both of Tyler's legs, which had to be amputated.
  — Samantha West, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2018
• The doctors saved his left leg but had to amputate part of his right limb.
  — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
• Soon, the infection grows worse, and the only way to save the child's life is to amputate.
  — Michelle McMurry-Heath and henry Skinner, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2021
• Doctors were forced to amputate his right leg above the knee.
  — Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
• His right front paw will be amputated in the next month or so, said Todd.
  — Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 24 Dec. 2019
• He was placed on a horse and taken to Red Bluff, where the leg was amputated.
  — Steve Schoonover, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2019
• All procedures amputate the last bone of the cat’s toes.
  — Marissa Plescia, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
• There were some of the guys that went back with me that had their feet amputated; some maybe had just one foot.
  — Nancy Stearns Theiss, The Courier-Journal, 19 Sep. 2017
• To free himself, he was forced to amputate his right arm.
  — Edmund Vallance, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2021
• With all the nerves and veins in his left arm destroyed, it was amputated.
  — Milana Mazaeva, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• As Sameer escapes, Frenchie thinks fast, grabs a saw, and amputates Kimiko’s leg before the virus can spread to the rest of her body.
  — Alex Raiman, EW.com, 11 July 2024
• As a result, both of his legs were amputated at the thigh.
  — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
• Tvrdik and her team made the decision to amputate the left leg to give her the best quality of life.
  — Zareen Syed, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2021
• Colonel Taha made it to the far bank, and five days later his right leg was amputated.
  — Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
• Adams had parts of his leg amputated and died on June 14, five days after the crash.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
• At one point, he was told doctors might have to amputate his leg.
  — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Oct. 2021
• The freight car rolled over Ivy, crushing part of his left arm and both his legs, which had to be amputated.
  — Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 13 Mar. 2024
• The injuries were so severe that the cat's leg had to be amputated.
  — baltimoresun.com, 11 May 2017
• Straight out of the box, the gadget overhauls the landscaping and all but amputates Gromit’s paws.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Oct. 2024
• So, they couldn't be left in her body, so they were amputated.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
• Masters would have both legs amputated, her left at age 9 and the right at 14.
  — Courier Journal and Usa Today, The Courier-Journal, 17 Mar. 2018
• One of the survivors was a woman who had to have her arms amputated.
  — Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2018
• But now, even though it was feared the leg crushed in the crash would have to be amputated, Trahan can walk without a limp.
  — John S. Marshall, Houston Chronicle, 12 Jan. 2018
• The new surgery came about a week after Corero's right leg was amputated.
  — Leigh Scheps, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2020
• The soldier whose foot got amputated is the same man Kevin contacts in present-day to learn more about Jack.
  — Eileen Reslen, Good Housekeeping, 17 Oct. 2018
• As a result of the shooting, Mendez’s leg had to be amputated below the knee.
  — Associated Press, Fox News, 30 May 2017
• My children Mohammad and Batool, and my sister Banan, whose leg was amputated after the airstrike, were miraculously able to leave Gaza to receive medical treatment abroad.
  — Ahmed Abu Artema, TIME, 12 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Jan 2025