Wounded
['wuːndɪd] or ['wundɪd]
Definition
(noun.) people who are wounded; 'they had to leave the wounded where they fell'.
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Wound
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Examples
- He left his dead and nearly all his wounded in our hands, and about four hundred prisoners and several hundred horses. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Wounded too, and bruised. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But, he, Pablo, blinded the _guardia civil_ who was wounded, the gypsy insisted. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Still even wounded you do not see it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- No one could tell from the bodies of these wounded men he would leave in beds at the Palace, that they were Russians. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She might feel a little wounded, but her care was not for herself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In order to get a start in his retreat he sacrificed his sick and wounded. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Where were you wounded? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He had three wounded Russians in the Palace Hotel for whom he was responsible. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Schofield's loss, as officially reported, was 189 killed, 1,033 wounded, and 1,104 captured and missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Our total loss (not including Burnside's) in all these engagements amounted to 757 killed, 4,529 wounded and 330 missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In one circumstance only even the entreaties of Rebecca were unable to secure sufficient attention to the accommodation of the wounded knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Some fell dead, many wounded, and the yells of the discomfited assailants vibrated under the vaulted roof of the tunnel, as they retired in disorder. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This is the second time I have been wounded today. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- That childish gladness wounded his mother, who was herself so grieved to part with him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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