Bandages

Examples

• There was another stretcher by the side with a man on it whose nose I could see, waxy-looking, out of the bandages. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• But then, as Herbert changed the bandages, more by the light of the fire than by the outer light, he went back to it spontaneously. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• My legs in the dirty bandages, stuck straight out in the bed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The frenzy was so violent, that I had not unfastened the bandages restraining the arms; but, I had looked to them, to see that they were not painful. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• As soon as I got to the dressing station Manera brought a medical sergeant out and he put bandages on both my legs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• If wounded, the surgeon dresses his mangled limb with rubber bandages, and when he gets well he has a rubber cushion on the end of his crutch, or on the foot of his artificial leg. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Many useful and artistic articles were made under this first patented process, including maps, surgical bandages, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• My legs hurt me and I looked down at them still in the dirty bandages, and seeing them knew where I was. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Also it would seem he screamed when the executioner removed his bandages. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They did something about his bandages that finished everything. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I am not warped by prejudices, as an Italian baby is by bandages. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The bandages were displaced or tampered with; great loss of blood followed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• While we were talking she was undressing me, and when I was undressed, except for the bandages, she washed me, very gently and smoothly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I sponged the wound, cleaned it, dressed it, and finally covered it over with cotton wadding and carbolised bandages. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Edited by Dwight