Used in a Sentence

lacerated

How to use lacerated in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for lacerated.

Editorial note

The doctors get our report and call and say, ‘But there can’t be a lacerated aorta.

Examples11
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lacerated gathered in one view.

adjective

irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves"

adjective

having edges that are jagged from injury

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lacerated.

adjective

irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves"

Example sentences

1

The doctors get our report and call and say, ‘But there can’t be a lacerated aorta.

2

This is not uncommon in the ED. I remember using etomidate when I was a resident to deal with a kid who lacerated their tongue.

3

By the time I am done the book is in terrible shape -- it is lacerated with earmarks, scratched with scribbles, and if it's a soft cover its spine is cracked.

4

No more lacerated fingers putting them together yourself.

5

When you stab someone’s finger with a blade or sharp pin, presumably you have lacerated hundreds or thousands of capillaries.

6

Pays way better too, and I haven't smashed a finger, lacerated anything, or taken a bath in hydraulic fluid since I became a desk jockey.

7

For example: am Canadian, had to get stitches for a nerve-damaged lacerated finger.

8

I'm familiar with Dutch culture fairly well and it has many complex reasons for it's social structures that I don't think should be glibly lacerated to fit a concept.

9

Karbysheva, who remained standing, was seriously lacerated when the blast arrived and window glass severed a tendon in one of her arms and left thigh; none of her students, whom she ordered to hide under their desks, suffered cuts.

10

Because the last I looked, he has failed so dramatically in whatever he was trying to do that now that not only has he been vilified, lacerated and destroyed in the press -- but inequality is even more on the radar than it was before.

11

As Boyle and Hill point out, the men who were circumcised got additional counseling about safe sex practices compared to the control group, and then they had to refrain from having sex altogether for the simple reason that their lacerated penises had to be wrapped in bandages until their wounds healed — leading to what Boyle and Hill refer to as “time-out discrepancy” in the quote above.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use lacerated in a sentence?

The doctors get our report and call and say, ‘But there can’t be a lacerated aorta.

What does lacerated mean?

irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves"

What part of speech is lacerated?

lacerated is commonly used as adjective.