wounded

Example Sentences

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In the aftermath of that summer, a wounded Jean stumbles through her last two years of college, “berserk, unfocused, humiliating.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

No-one has ever been convicted of carrying out the six killings inside and outside the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in the historically Jewish Marais quarter of Paris, in which more than 20 other people were wounded.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“That can’t be possible,” says the wounded tech bro, adding an Apple-flavored coda: “I think different.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Relatives of the wounded gathered at the entrance to the emergency department, where a woman wept, leaning on a young man.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

The last words were spoken so low she thought he did not hear them, but he did, and they wounded him deeply, for he had denied himself many pleasures for Meg’s sake.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott