How to Use prosthetic in a Sentence

prosthetic

adjective
  • The group cheered as Street pulled the prosthetic leg out of the water.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022
  • The prosthetic shell is believed to be the first of its kind.
    baltimoresun.com, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The winner of the race is a figure with a prosthetic leg.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2021
  • His prosthetic right leg fits around the rounded bit of what’s left of his thigh.
    Mark Arsenault, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The 29-year-old now has a prosthetic eye in his right socket and lost parts of his sense of taste and smell.
    Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 12 May 2021
  • Her speech opened with a shot on her two prosthetic legs.
    Hearst Television, Houston Chronicle, 21 Aug. 2020
  • In the end, a prosthetic neck wattle piece was used to give that sagging, aged look to that area.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In addition to the eight prosthetic pieces, Leto wore a wig.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Nov. 2021
  • And while working, he was hit by a train, leaving him with a prosthetic leg.
    Joy Dong, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Prescott loved how the prosthetic leg turned out and having matching art with Potts.
    Elizabeth Flores, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
  • In the new film (as onstage), Dinklage plays the role without a prosthetic nose.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Fraser donned a prosthetic suit for the role, which was also aided by a small amount of CGI.
    Manori Ravindran, Variety, 4 Sep. 2022
  • To bring this evil to life, Gower began with a life cast of the actor to ensure all the prosthetic work would be skin tight.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Some prosthetic limbs connect to nerves that can convey a sense of touch.
    Adam Rogers, Wired, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Why does Chris Hemsworth wear a prosthetic nose in 'Furiosa'?
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 28 May 2024
  • Julie's prosthetic feet were discovered at the mouth of the Colville River.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Trevor received his new, prosthetic hand a few days before the hunt.
    Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2020
  • There's a doll with a prosthetic leg, a doll with vitiligo, and one with behind-the-ear hearing aids.
    Arianna Bradford, Parents, 27 July 2023
  • To craft the prosthetic head that appears in the film, Washington had to do a plaster cast and a 360-degree scan of his head.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Fanning does wear a prosthetic forehead for the courtroom scenes to match Carter’s hairline, but the brows are the actress’s own.
    ELLE, 19 Apr. 2022
  • One was that there was just one company that made a 3D printer large enough to print a prosthetic breast.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Daniel: For some reason, the prosthetic nose doesn’t look like Dylan’s nose.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 July 2024
  • Who said the prosthetic limb needs to look like a hand and not like a tentacle from an octopus?
    Gary Stix, Scientific American, 19 May 2021
  • Suarez spent a month in the hospital, where she was fitted with prosthetic eyes.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Cadete says a big conversation in the world of prosthetic limbs for amputees is how the brain will adapt to these devices.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • This, in turn, set new standards for realism and comfort in the prosthetic breast world.
    Rae Witte, Women's Health, 21 July 2023
  • Over the years the brand has unveiled dolls with prosthetic limbs, vitiligo, no hair and with wheelchairs.
    Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2021
  • For some costumes, artists will change the shape of their face by wearing prosthetic devices.
    Laken Brooks, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2021
  • The prosthetic arm he was given was too difficult to use.
    Bridget Grumet, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
  • And, for practical purposes, Skarsgård wore a hefty harness next to his body that came through the tunic and clamped inside of the cloak because of the tremendous weight, heat, and prosthetic makeup.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2024

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