How to Use gangrene in a Sentence

gangrene

noun
Definition of gangrenenext
Synonyms for gangrenenext
  • When gangrene set in, the soldier's leg had to be amputated.
  • The stench is meant to evoke filth, gangrene and the barnyard, Gibbons Backus said.
    — Jonathan Hunley, Washington Post, 28 May 2017
  • Fred was 87, living alone in a walk-up apartment in Brooklyn, in the process of losing two toes to gangrene.
    — John Leland, Health.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • But in the First World War, the gangrene was the result of, basically, rotting feet.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 15 Dec. 2018
  • Fournier has made this joke on Twitter before, a reference to a rare form of gangrene that goes by the same name.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Well, the thing with trench feet is it’s basically gangrene.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 15 Dec. 2018
  • His father died at age 62 from a gangrene infection in his feet.
    — Brandi Morin, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Pictured, a patient with gangrene and necrosis, caused by plague.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 6 May 2020
  • Underneath, the 28-year-old's foot has started to blacken from gangrene.
    — Julie Zaugg, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The disease causes a plethora of blood clots that have lead to Marie contracting gangrene and necrosis.
    — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Her leg, pierced by a bullet, was mangled and infected with gangrene.
    — Eric Adler, kansascity, 10 May 2018
  • McKinley survived the gunshot but developed gangrene in the wound and died eight days later.
    — Kevin A. Wilson, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023
  • And once Deutsche Bank makes some strides in treating its gangrene, its competitors might also be more tempted to team up.
    — Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Yes, gangrene—a condition that causes body tissue to rot away.
    — Jessica Migala, Health.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • At work, cardiac arrests, cancer, and gangrene are normal for me.
    — Clayton Dalton, The New Yorker, 27 May 2020
  • This can lead to blood clots, infections and, in extreme cases, gangrene or sepsis.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 July 2017
  • Perez’s forearms and hands were amputated due to the gangrene that had been spreading on his limbs in the last few weeks, the family wrote on its GoFundMe page.
    — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2018
  • Limbs were stacked within the Offal House, permeated with the smell of gangrene, and the whimpers and wails of the dying soldiers continue to this day.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Ninety percent of the kites that Mr. Saud and Mr. Shehzad collect have wings slashed by manja, and about half of these die from gangrene or infection.
    — Oliver Whang, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2020
  • Slavet avoided trench foot, which could have led to gangrene and amputation, thanks to the thick socks his mother had knitted him back in Dorchester.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The patient was a man in his eighties with a battery of health conditions, including gangrene.
    — Jake Bittle, The New Republic, 9 Feb. 2021
  • That eventually cut off blood supply to tissues and lead to Fournier's gangrene, the researchers explained.
    — Jessica Migala, Health.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • In one case, the hospice didn’t treat ulcers on a patient’s heels, and an amputation was required after gangrene set in.
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Even though surgeons tried to save his leg, Bullock would end up developing gangrene.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Surgeons worked fast to beat pain and gangrene (so fast that in one case, Scottish surgeon Robert Liston cut off a man’s testicles in a rush to amputate his leg).
    — Laura Kolbe, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2018
  • While Perez showed signs of improvement a couple weeks ago, his daughter said new infections have since emerged, causing gangrene to spread to both of his feet, hands and forearms.
    — Michelle Gant, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2018
  • Tetanus and gangrene were serious threats as germ theory was only in its infant stages.
    — Katie Nodjimbadem, Smithsonian, 4 Apr. 2017
  • Perez had both of his legs amputated because gangrene had been eating away at his legs for almost two months, Perez-Dilan said.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2018
  • At the same time, in a somewhat obvious parallel, Nang’s father’s toe begins to blacken with gangrene that threatens to creep up his leg.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 22 Sep. 2021
  • He was evacuated to a nearby hospital, but without the proper medicine to treat him, gangrene set in and doctors were forced to amputate the rest of his leg up to his hip.
    — Christopher Miller, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2017

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