How to Use spina bifida in a Sentence

spina bifida

noun

• The tongue of the shoe features a spine graphic and a blue spina bifida awareness ribbon adorns the heel.
  — oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2022
• Born with spina bifida, Mr. Burnham walked with a limp and with the aid of crutches and a cane his entire life.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2019
• Sprenger was born without legs or her right arm, and has spina bifida.
  — cleveland, 28 July 2023
• She was born with a rare spinal cord defect called spina bifida.
  — Tyler Horka, SI.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• The woman had spina bifida and used a wheelchair to get around, as well as brain trauma.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Dec. 2019
• One of his sons has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair.
  — New York Times, 17 June 2018
• The youngest hunter at last year’s event was 13-year-old Missy Cowley who has spina bifida.
  — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019
• Moore was born with spina bifida and is a full-time wheelchair user.
  — Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
• Prout, who has been in and out of the hospital his whole life with spina bifida, became a lasting friend.
  — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
• Romanchuk, was born with spina bifida, said after the race.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 29 Aug. 2021
• Colton has spina bifida and is paralyzed from the knees down, Robinson said.
  — Chelsea Curtis, azcentral, 17 Feb. 2020
• She had been born with spina bifida and other spinal problems.
  — Heather Gillers, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2018
• The infant had been born with spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal cord doesn't fully develop.
  — Todd Richmond, ajc, 30 Sep. 2021
• The infant had been born with spina bifida, a birth defect in which the spinal cord doesn’t fully develop.
  — NBC News, 30 Sep. 2021
• Romanchuk, who was born with spina bifida, grew up in Maryland.
  — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022
• The players’ special needs run the gamut from cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and spina bifida to autism.
  — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Apr. 2021
• In addition, the two care for an adult son with spina bifida, so the two parents do not want to be recovering from surgery at the same time.
  — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2018
• Hart has had spina bifida, a spinal condition, since birth.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2021
• The doctor explained that the baby might have a neural tube defect, such as spina bifida.
  — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
• Folate, a B vitamin, promotes a healthy heart and reduces the risk of the birth defect spina bifida.
  — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024
• The new findings may also shed light on a type of neural tube defect in embryos known as spina bifida.
  — Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
• Wheelz, who was born with spina bifida, says that action sports has been a huge inspiration in his life.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2022
• In second place was Aaron Wheelz, the wheelchair daredevil who was born with spina bifida.
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 14 Mar. 2022
• His son Mohammed, who was born in Syria with spina bifida, had two surgeries.
  — Stephen Magagnini, sacbee, 4 Nov. 2017
• Frazee cited the case of Candice Lewis, a 25-year-old woman who has cerebral palsy and spina bifida.
  — Maria Cheng, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2022
• Nelson's son was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 21 June 2020
• Colton is a 10-year-old with spina bifida from Massachusetts who was chosen to be in Target's in-store ad.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2020
• The oldest of her three children, Jeffrey Hunt, who had been born with a mild form of spina bifida, went to the hospital for a routine-seeming surgery.
  — Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
• The Alabama native – who was born with spina bifida and grew up extremely poor – was called back to the stage by the audience for six encores.
  — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
• Damage to nerves can be caused by nerve problems that are congenital (present at birth, such as spina bifida), or by an injury or infection of the brain or spinal cord.
  — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024