How to Use paraplegia in a Sentence

paraplegia

noun

• Brett’s paraplegia led her to rekindle her love of cycling, which began for her as a child.
  — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• Bryant-Mulcare has paraplegia and is a full-time wheelchair user.
  — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 28 July 2020
• Wheelchair basketball games were some of the first public displays of paraplegia, Davis said.
  — Annette Sisco, NOLA.com, 8 Nov. 2020
• Portland police are seeking the public's help to find a missing man with paraplegia who was last seen Monday.
  — Samantha Matsumoto, OregonLive.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• Krouse ruled Moreno died of complications from paraplegia due to the gunshot wound and classified his death as a homicide.
  — Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2021
• Tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia, is paralysis that results in the partial or total loss of use of all four limbs and torso, while paraplegia does not affect the arms.
  — Bill Lindelof, sacbee.com, 10 May 2017
• In 1917, while working as a volunteer at a hospital for coal miners, Guttmann encountered a patient with a spinal injury and paraplegia.
  — Evelyn Frick, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2021
• On a recent morning, Phillips, 44, started his day at the home of a person with paraplegia, using a special lift to help him out of bed and with personal hygiene then into an electric wheelchair.
  — Paul Sisson dec. 31, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
• Before World War II, paraplegia was considered to be a virtual death sentence.
  — David Davis, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Sep. 2020
• Dad lost his youngest son—my brother Peter—to mental illness and supported his oldest son—my brother Frank—to readjusting to life in a wheelchair when an accident left him with paraplegia.
  — Dr Margie Warrell, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
• Ellen and Thomas Daly joined the paraplegia foundation’s Milwaukee chapter and worked in various roles at the organization.
  — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2019
• His treatment by police aggravated the injury that caused his paraplegia and humiliated him.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2021
• Emily Barker, a 28-year-old based in Los Angeles, lives with paraplegia and an inflammatory condition that requires them to take immunosuppressant drugs.
  — Jameson Rich, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2021
• While Musk's company touts the benefits of the technology for helping people devastated by paralysis or paraplegia, others have expressed concerns about the potential darker nature of the technology.
  — Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2022
• People with paraplegia can control their bladder through sacral nerve stimulation, facilitating communication between the bladder and brain.
  — Caroline Barlott, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2015
• Their disabilities include amputation, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, paraplegia and spinal cord injury.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024