How to Use incision in a Sentence

incision

noun

• Take a sharp knife and make an incision at the base of the tail.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 6 Feb. 2023
• The incision will heal with time and the pooching goes down.
  — Jessica Delfino, SELF, 23 May 2018
• But what took them aback was signs of incisions around some of the wounds.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2024
• Next, the researchers in his lab made a linear incision in the skin of the mice.
  — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• But over time, the skin around the incision reddened and peeled apart.
  — USA Today, 13 Dec. 2019
• Find out what kind of incision will be best for you and your breast size and shape.
  — Lambeth Hochwald, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2018
• Prostate surgery can be done with small incisions and the aid of a tiny camera.
  — Tara Copp, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2024
• One quick incision near the gills to bleed the fish will keep the meat fresh and untainted.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 May 2024
• The incision itself a bit bigger than the tip of a pen.
  — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 July 2022
• Cut along the inside of each back leg until your incision meets at the base of the tail.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 6 Feb. 2023
• Once the area is numb, the healthcare provider will make an incision into the abscess to drain the pus.
  — Scott Sundick, Verywell Health, 25 June 2023
• With a facelift, the surgeon makes an incision at the top sides of the face, then removes the loose, excess skin.
  — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2021
• The incision below the jawline allows access to the nerve of the tongue.
  — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2018
• The procedure begins with a small skin incision in the front part of the head and then a small opening of the bone.
  — Coral Murphy, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2020
• Do not make any sort of incision into or around the bite marks.
  — Miles Blumhardt, USA TODAY, 17 July 2022
• The internist repeated the same incision on the right side, joining the two at the center of the chest.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
• Torres then ties the artery off, and sutures the incision closed.
  — Eleanor Cummins, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
• Willis worked on Yeni past the four-minute mark, then made an incision in her abdomen.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• These small incisions, which don't go deeper than the tread block, are designed to catch and hold the snow when the tire drives over it.
  — Michael Harley, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• The day after surgery, Neda sees her incisions for the first time.
  — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 16 July 2024
• It is threaded to the site of the blockage through a small incision elsewhere, often the thigh.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2019
• The scar on the back left side of my head and neck from the incision is fading and my hair is slowly growing back.
  — Karen Finney, CNN, 7 May 2021
• Make a very small incision at the base of the belly, being careful not to puncture the guts.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
• Starting at the tail and working down, use a paring knife to make a lengthwise incision along the curve of the shrimp.
  — Meredith Schwartz, Bon Appétit, 4 July 2022
• Using a paring knife, slice along the edges to cut a thin incision through the muscle.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2023
• Make a lengthwise incision about 1/2 inch deep on either side of the first cut.
  — Jeanmarie Brownson, Twin Cities, 18 July 2019
• Then make a lengthwise incision about ½ inch deep on either side of the first cut.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 2 Apr. 2021
• Koo closed the incision, and Foad spread a bead of surgical glue over the freshly closed wound.
  — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2021
• The surgeons operated eight times in two weeks, filleting open the back of her leg with a two-foot incision from her glute to her calf.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
• In laparoscopic surgery, doctors send a tiny camera through a small incision in a patient’s body, and the camera’s view is projected onto a monitor.
  — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024