How to Use amputate in a Sentence

amputate

verb

• His arm was badly injured and had to be amputated.
• So, they couldn't be left in her body, so they were amputated.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
• 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
• In the most extreme case, limbs that have succumbed to gangrene will be amputated.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 20 Sep. 2017
• Everywhere, the coastal forest lay dying, trees amputated at their bases.
  — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 27 Aug. 2017
• To save her life, doctors had to amputate below both elbows and both knees, and perform a hysterectomy.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Time, 16 Oct. 2017
• He was transported to a hospital and could have at least some of his fingers amputated, according to the sheriff's spokesman.
  — Samantha Matsumoto, OregonLive.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• Parts of three toes ultimately had to be amputated because of a persistent infection.
  — Philly.com, 10 Sep. 2017
• Although Chloe survived, on Oct. 6, it was decided that Chloe’s back left leg had to be amputated.
  — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 22 Oct. 2017
• Keytruda is one of the drugs given to Rikki Rockett, the drummer from Poison, who was faced with having his tongue amputated.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• According to the report, the actor was putting groceries into his car when a drunk driver slammed into him from behind, leading to damage so severe both legs needed to be amputated.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2024
• Silverwood was hospitalized and his leg eventually amputated above the knee.
  — John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• They were badly burned and remain hospitalized, with Kressa, the sister, undergoing surgery earlier this week to amputate both her legs.
  — Sam Stanton, Stephen Magagnini and Darrell Smith, sacbee, 14 Oct. 2017
• The mayor of League City had his left leg amputated this week following a heart attack, but his grateful family is heralding the outcome as a miracle.
  — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2017
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024