How to Use tourniquet in a Sentence

tourniquet

noun

• The brother put a tourniquet on the girl's leg to slow blood loss.
  — Arkansas Online, 3 July 2022
• The hope is that this season doesn’t take a turn for the tourniquet like 2015.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2019
• The nurse took the leash off his board and made a basic tourniquet to stop the bleeding.
  — Outdoor Life, 2 Aug. 2023
• Mo Brooks gives his belt as a tourniquet to help the wounded.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 25 July 2017
• Brooks stripped his belt off and the men used it as a tourniquet on Barth's leg, Williams said.
  — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 15 June 2017
• Hanlon tied a tourniquet from the first aid kit around the man’s arm, and the bleeding slowed.
  — Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com, 28 Nov. 2020
• The officer used a tourniquet to stop the bleeding on the child's leg.
  — The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2022
• Sonie wrapped Jarred’s belt around his leg as a tourniquet.
  — Michael Smith, Bloomberg.com, 28 Feb. 2018
• Williams affixed a thin blue tourniquet to Figueroa’s arm and asked her to make a fist.
  — Joseph Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2022
• The paramedic applied a tourniquet to the top of her leg, which was severed above the knee.
  — Aimee Green, OregonLive.com, 29 Aug. 2017
• The medics kneeled on either side of him to apply a tourniquet on each thigh.
  — Martin Kuz, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2018
• To reduce blood loss, the team applies a tourniquet to her right thigh.
  — Sukee Bennett, The Mercury News, 31 May 2017
• Smith applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding and the man survived.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 29 June 2023
• At first Schreier used her sweatshirt as a tourniquet and then a strap from the saddle.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2020
• Davis also told the station that surfers applied a tourniquet to the wound.
  — NBC News, 5 Oct. 2021
• That’s why tourniquets and blood pressure cuffs can be painful.
  — Calli McMurray, STAT, 17 Feb. 2023
• If that doesn’t slow the bleeding, a tourniquet should be applied.
  — Andrew Michaels, Columbia Flier, 13 Dec. 2017
• His wife, a registered nurse, found a belt and tied a tourniquet.
  — Tricia L. Nadolny, Philly.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• Someone gives the nurse a real tourniquet for Tony Pacheco.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
• But a Navy medic was nearby and quickly put a tourniquet on each leg.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2021
• The kits include gauze pads, burn gel, tourniquets, tweezers and more.
  — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2019
• Inside the truck, police saw a homemade tourniquet, made of white string, wrapped around the man’s arm.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2019
• Dunn put her in handcuffs and then applied a tourniquet on her leg.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Oct. 2021
• At the site of the attack, people fashioned stretchers out of fence posts and tarps and made tourniquets out of belts.
  — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2017
• The journalist dropped his camera and slipped the tourniquet over Grosskreutz’s arm, fumbling with the strap.
  — Robert Klemko, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2020
• Chizanskos fashioned a tourniquet from a scarf to slow the bleeding.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2019
• Place the tourniquet an inch or so higher than the wound and tighten until the bleeding stops.
  — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
• His left arm is supposed to be a sturdy limb, while the right arm is the one with the nasty gash and a tourniquet tied so tight that his veins bulge.
  — Becky Little, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2017
• Tiffany rushed to Scola’s aide, using her belt as a tourniquet.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 15 Oct. 2024
• The two college swimmers managed to swim some 50 to 75 yards back to the boat, where her friend could apply a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024