How to Use laceration in a Sentence

laceration

noun
  • The broken glass caused severe laceration of his feet.
  • She suffered lacerations on her legs.
  • Buisson’s injuries included scratches to his left knee, lacerations on both hands and a laceration and small bump on the right side of his forehead, just above his eye.
    Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2024
  • The child also reportedly had a small laceration and bruising on his cheeks, according to the warrant affidavit.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 July 2024
  • The older woman was stabbed in the chest and the younger one had lacerations to the head.
    Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 16 May 2024
  • The man was treated for a laceration in his leg, the NPS added.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The notes said Murdaugh had a laceration on the left side of his scalp.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2021
  • The next day, the Tigers put him on the injured list with a right elbow laceration.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2022
  • Berti was hit with a pitch on the back of the head Thursday that also caused a laceration. ...
    sun-sentinel.com, 24 July 2021
  • Kaprielian had a laceration near the nail of his right middle finger that was enough for the A’s to scratch him.
    John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Mauro was killed in the crash and a teenage boy suffered a head laceration.
    Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Alvarez was injured in the eye and sustained a laceration to the head.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Her cause of death was ruled to be multiple blunt injuries to the head with fractures of the skull and lacerations of the brain.
    Jared Formanek, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The laceration is located on the inside portion of the eyelid, near the corner and close to the nose.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The child tried to flee but was stabbed in the back, suffering a laceration to his right shoulder.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The police officer had a laceration on the left side of his head.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
  • But the man showed a reporter the lacerations and described how men pistol-whipped and beat him.
    Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Police found a man there with a large laceration on his head.
    Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2021
  • When police showed up at the venue around 9:40 p.m., Redd had sustained a laceration to his face.
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The attack left the man with a laceration on his foot, officials said.
    Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 14 July 2022
  • The man was lying on the bed and reportedly had bruising and swelling to his face and a laceration to his right ear.
    Arkansas Online, 22 July 2022
  • There was a small laceration near the left side of her lip, according to the police report.
    al, 28 July 2021
  • One of the two was transported to the hospital due to a laceration to his forehead.
    cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Her body is covered with bruises and lacerations; her feet and face are burned.
    Joshua Partlow, John Farrell, Brady Dennis, Brianna Sacks and Joanna Slater, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The driver of the Prius was not injured, but a 26-year-old man suffered bruising to the back, and another man, 32, had a laceration to the elbow.
    Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2022
  • At that point, the laceration on his back was discovered.
    jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • One woman had a laceration to her face and other parts of her body and was flown out by a helicopter.
    Adrian Sainz, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The victim had a deep stab wound to his calf and multiple lacerations on his body, police said.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with a laceration to the head in good condition.
    Tatyana Turner, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2022
  • Guard Carsen Edwards suffered an ear laceration and did not play in the second half.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2021

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