How to Use extricate in a Sentence

extricate

verb

• They extricated the tractor from the mud.
• She hasn't been able to extricate herself from her legal problems.
• Several survivors were extricated from the wreckage.
• Avoid the area while crews work to extricate the patient.
  — Katie Rice, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Aug. 2020
• The victims were able to extricate themselves from the car.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 15 Dec. 2022
• Police went to the bedroom and were able to extricate the man.
  — cleveland, 23 Feb. 2022
• The driver of the car had to be extricated from the car after the crash, police said.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 29 Feb. 2020
• Glaser, 66, had to be extricated from the Lexus and died from his injuries.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2023
• The truck is about 20 yards off the roadway, and the victim has not yet been extricated.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2019
• He was trapped by a slab of a concrete wall but was able to extricate himself.
  — Bruce Schreiner, ajc, 14 Dec. 2021
• Keese and the children had to be extricated from the car, police said.
  — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2020
• He was extricated by fire crews and pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
• Thai Navy Seals entered the cave to help and hang out with the boys as rescuers planned how to extricate them safely.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
• Keep friends on hand who will support your ideas or extricate you from any jam.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2020
• Firefighters were called to extricate the boy, who died at the scene, police said.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 2 July 2019
• It was stuck between the tire wall and the fence, delaying efforts to extricate Zhou.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 3 July 2022
• Rescue crews had to cut the car's roof off to extricate Newman, who was rushed to the hospital.
  — Jill Martin, CNN, 19 Feb. 2020
• Firefighters had to use a Jaws of Life extricating tool to remove the fence and free the woman.
  — Caitlin Taylor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2019
• The @SDLifeguards cliff rescue veh was used to extricate one patient up to street level.
  — Peter Martinez, CBS News, 3 May 2021
• In the late 1970s, Turner managed to extricate herself from her husband and set out on her own.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 24 May 2023
• All three people in the car needed to be extricated, the release said.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2024
• Firefighters had to extricate her from the silver KIA Soul and bring her up to the road to assess her injuries.
  — Lauryn Schroeder, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2021
• Some of them were trapped inside the business in wake of the crash and had to be extricated before they were transported from the scene.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024
• To extricate Karth and her children, a rescue team equipped with hydraulic cutting tools hacked the car apart.
  — A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023
• Firefighters trapped beneath the debris of the home sent out mayday signals and crews on the scene rushed to extricate them.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• One of the passengers had to be extricated from the plane by first responders.
  — Sean Cotter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
• Emergency crews had to extricate the woman and the boy, who was the front-seat passenger, from the wreckage.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2024
• Five juveniles were ejected from the car, while a sixth had to be extricated from the SUV, Curry said.
  — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• Firefighters extricated Poon from the car but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
• William in the back seat is gravely wounded, so his dad rushes to flags down a passing cop car (Alice’s!), while Mom struggles to extricate herself.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024