How to Use wheelchair in a Sentence

wheelchair

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  • He was in a wheelchair for several months after the accident.
  • There are also wheelchair lifts at all of the hot tubs and pools.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2023
  • While riding the bus, the student was secured in her wheelchair at the back of the bus.
    — Suzanne Russell, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • Helen Scott sat in a wheelchair in the back of the chamber and smiled back at him.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The woman was secured in a wheelchair at the time of the crash, State Police said.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2023
  • The woman doesn’t reach down to get the child or move her arms, which seem to be affixed to the arms of the wheelchair.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
  • The school also has a wheelchair lift in one section of the building.
    — Asia Fields, ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Most of the figures are on foot; one is seated in a wheelchair.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
  • At the front, among those setting the pace, Julia could make out a man in a wheelchair.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The Blaze is self-guided and open to all ages, with strollers and wheelchairs both welcome.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Officers later took him out of the wheelchair, placed him on the floor of a cell and handcuffed him.
    — Dave Collins, ajc, 29 June 2023
  • Sousa, 51, a Carver resident, took in the scene from a wheelchair.
    — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Stoyanova, who is 35, is disabled and has been in a wheelchair most of her life.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The 68-year-old Godwin, who was using a wheelchair at the time of the attack, was later pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Except for walking across the starting line, this first race would be in a wheelchair.
    — Jennie Coughlin, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • He was then sent off in a wheelchair, but not before raising his arms to thank his fans watching in the stands.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Kate Beckinsale left the dentist in a wheelchair with an ice pack wrapped around her face!
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Hart then flashed the camera behind him to reveal that he was seated in a wheelchair.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 24 Aug. 2023
  • People pushed strollers and wheelchairs and spoke among themselves along the fenced path through downtown.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 4 July 2023
  • Also, the 360-degree wheels make getting around, even in a wheelchair, with this luggage a dream!
    — Morgan Ashley Parker, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2023
  • During their wedding day last month, Seewald rolled down the 60 feet aisle for about 40 feet in her wheelchair.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Jimmy Carter, 99, remained in a reclined wheelchair and looked pale and frail.
    — Mary Jordan, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Lewis moved back from England to Nashville to care for her mother, a former nurse who had a stroke that put her in a wheelchair.
    — Jordan Rau, Fortune Well, 16 Nov. 2023
  • After living on the street and having his wheelchair stolen twice, Moore has no complaints about the safe-sleeping site.
    — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Then my mom was sitting at the back of the auditorium with my dad, but my mom has Parkinson’s and is in a wheelchair.
    — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • One fan in a wheelchair is being helped roll himself uphill.
    — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024
  • But the playground would still have wood chips, which are difficult to navigate in a wheelchair.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Little spent two weeks in the hospital and several more weeks in a wheelchair.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Holley, who has been in a wheelchair since a 2007 car crash, is set to be arraigned on Friday, according to court records.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Including a young woman in a wheelchair, having lost a leg on Oct. 7.
    — Deborah Fineblum, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024

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