How to Use blunt trauma in a Sentence
blunt trauma
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The body showed blunt trauma, stab wounds and gunshot wounds.
—Ian Cummings, kansascity, 18 Jan. 2018
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The coroner lists the cause of Armani’s death as blunt trauma.
—Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022
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She was found in a pool of water below the falls, with blunt trauma from the fall onto the rocks.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 6 July 2018
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The cause of death for all nine victims is listed as blunt trauma.
—New York Times, 15 May 2020
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From the report and the blunt trauma -- that was considered a homicide.
—NBC News, 15 Aug. 2019
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His body was a study in blunt trauma, from the fractures in his eye sockets to the ligament tears in his feet.
—New York Times, 30 May 2022
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The agency requests that the Toad Busters use blunt trauma for brain destruction.
—Brett Israel, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2010
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Police said Nwogo suffered blunt trauma to the back of his head and a single gunshot wound to the middle of his back.
—Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2021
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Eight were due to drug overdoses and three were ruled homicides, two by gunshot and one by blunt trauma.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021
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Near the tan-colored complex’s dumpsters, deputies found the body of a Latina who had died from blunt trauma and stab wounds, Westphal said.
—Matthew Ormseth Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2021
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According to the state pathologist, the likely cause of death was blunt trauma to her head and neck, per the newspaper.
—Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, 20 June 2019
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The medical examiner says the doctor died of blunt trauma to the head.
—Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2018
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About 58 percent of the patients were rushed to the hospital with blunt trauma caused by car crashes, falls and assaults, Heher said.
—Elyssa Cherney, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2018
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According to court records, Kylen died of blunt trauma injuries to the head and abdomen after being punched and kicked.
—Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2018
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The blunt trauma sustained by so many parts of the US economy due to the pandemic has hit many employers.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 7 Oct. 2020
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Guzman described the blunt trauma on Francisco’s jaw but that the exact cause of death was unknown.
—Natalie Keyssar, National Geographic, 19 Dec. 2019
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Another man died of blunt trauma to the head, the cause of which is still under investigation.
—Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 July 2021
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Rivera said most are blunt traumas and up to 15% are penetrating traumas such as gunshot wounds or stab wounds.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
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The autopsy ruled the death was accidental, caused by blunt trauma.
—Staff and Wire Reports, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
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An autopsy revealed the man had a skull fracture and brain injuries as a result of blunt trauma to the head, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
—Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 12 May 2021
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The cause of death for all nine victims was certified as blunt trauma, and the manner of death was certified as accident, the coroner said.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 31 Jan. 2020
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The cause of death in the autopsy reports for each of the nine people aboard that Sunday morning was listed as blunt trauma and the manner of death was accident.
—Cheri Mossburg and Steve Almasy, CNN, 15 May 2020
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The Wayne County coroner said Burleigh died from the combined effects of strangulation and blunt trauma.
—Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 5 Sep. 2017
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Luca’s death was the result blunt trauma to his brain, according to an autopsy.
—Jessica De Leon, miamiherald, 15 Oct. 2017
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Another man was found early Sunday dead of apparent blunt trauma to the head.
—Phillip Jackson, baltimoresun.com, 3 May 2021
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Some people can get necrotizing fasciitis after an injury that does not break the skin (blunt trauma).
—Susan Scutti, CNN, 27 Aug. 2019
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While rare, commotio cordis is triggered by blunt trauma to the chest and causes the heart to enter an arrhythmia when the hit to the chest happens at the exact right time in the cardiac cycle.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2023
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Photographs provided to The Post by his family appear to show that a number of teeth had been knocked out, and there were signs of blunt trauma on his forehead.
—Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
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The city’s medical examiner attributed his death to blunt trauma to the head.
—Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2017
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The condition results in a sudden irregular heart rhythm caused by blunt trauma to the chest, and it’s often deadly.
—Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 3 Jan. 2023
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