How to Use surgical mask in a Sentence

surgical mask

noun

• Above a blue surgical mask, two dark eyes pinned me with a look of utter fury.
  — Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2023
• The message was that the public doesn't need a surgical mask, but that health care workers do.
  — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2023
• The two men were wearing black rain jackets and black surgical masks.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
• At one of the stops a group of young men got on, all wearing surgical masks or face coverings.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 12 May 2024
• Instead, surgical masks, KN95 and KF94 masks are the ideal options for kids and adults.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023
• In some of the incidents he was seen wearing a lanyard and a surgical mask, police said.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024
• Cloth, dust and surgical masks don’t protect from the harmful particles in smoke.
  — Gwozniac, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
• At one meeting, a man in a Grim Reaper mask tried, unsuccessfully, to light a surgical mask on fire.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• Right from the very beginning, when the first blue surgical masks started to clog the gutters, the vast extremes of alley life were stunning to behold.
  — Hazlitt, 16 May 2022
• Police described the suspect as a man, wearing a surgical mask and all dark clothing.
  — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2024
• Meanwhile, surgical masks, paper dust masks, scarves and bandanas won’t protect the lungs from PM2.5.
  — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 29 June 2023
• When Weisz enters a scene, twice, wearing the same red surgical mask and robe-like scrubs as Irons does in the original, the déjà vu is nearly overwhelming.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2023
• Perkins and the three females were allegedly wearing surgical masks on their faces and each was carrying a bag.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2024
• Only one is wearing a surgical mask as the others make little effort to conceal their faces.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• Surveillance video showed a woman whose face was obscured by a hoodie and surgical mask breaking in and dousing the floors with a gasoline can.
  — Kate Zernike, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
• But a surgical mask, scarf or bandanna won’t do much to protect you from pollutants.
  — Liam Stack, New York Times, 29 June 2023
• They are only allowed to wear flimsy surgical masks with ear loops provided to them.
  — Judy Stone, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• And the doors burst open just as the man began to speak in my ear and all these beautiful children came running out, many holding coats in their arms, blue surgical masks dangling from many faces.
  — Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• According to police, the suspect, described as a tall man wearing all black with a blue surgical mask, obtained an undisclosed amount of money and fled the area on foot.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2024
• More than a dozen men arrived on foot and motorbikes, looking like an avian SWAT team, and donned disposable jumpsuits and surgical masks.
  — Meera Subramanian, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
• Some of the Balkan country’s top leaders came out in surgical masks to fist-bump the Chinese diplomats and to formally thank Beijing for providing crucial help.
  — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• Defendants who are not in custody have been arriving at the courthouse wearing surgical masks or hoods to avoid having their faces filmed or photographed.
  — Diane Jeantet, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
• Video shows thieves in hoodies and surgical masks dumping perfume boxes and display bottles into black trash bags.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• At her court appearances, Lindsay has worn surgical masks, but that hasn’t stopped online spectators from searching her face for signs of remorse.
  — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
• Bailey is behind Ellie, playing a nurse with a surgical mask covering her face.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 13 Mar. 2023
• Out of 50 people seen practicing yoga or jogging, only one wore a surgical mask.
  — Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• Zoya and the museum’s director, James Snyder, are about to have a conversation onstage when young activists in black surgical masks stand up and begin to shout.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
• This early iteration of Barbie, M.D. wore teal scrubs and a matching surgical mask for her first foray into medicine.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
• Barnes, dressed in black, is looking over a rack of chips when the gunman, standing by the door wearing a hoodie and surgical mask, begins arguing with a heavyset man in a black jacket with white designs on its back and sleeves, the video shows.
  — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2024
• Cloth and surgical masks, however, won’t be as effective.
  — Li Zhou, Vox, 14 May 2024

Last Updated: 24 Jan 2025