Bandage is an English word with synonyms like patch or dressing. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bandage meaning
- A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
- A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
- A provisional or makeshift solution that provides insufficient coverage or relief.
Using Bandage
- The main meaning on this page is: A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury. | A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold. | A provisional or makeshift solution that provides insufficient coverage or relief.
- Useful related words include: patch, dressing, medical dressing, bind.
- In the example corpus, bandage often appears in combinations such as: bandage on, with bandage, the bandage.
Context around Bandage
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bandage
- In this selection, "bandage" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, white, bloody, lifesaving, wrapped, buy and added stand out and add context to how "bandage" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bloody bandage from his and a large bandage wrapped around. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bandage" sits close to words such as ache, ald and allister, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bandage
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Grant said: “The stretch of the bandage adds pressure. (9 words)
He may have a bandage on his right arm too. (10 words)
The reality TV star caught wind of the comment and quickly replied, "a bandage. (14 words)
The wound is being left open to drain before being stitched up and Collins said the cat is going to the vet every day for bandage changes, plus he’ll be wearing a cone for at least two weeks. (39 words)
Bidirectional charging can be anything from a neat gimmick to a lifesaving bandage that covers fatal flaws in our country’s infrastructure, but GM’s plan to implement it across its electrified lineup is a net benefit. (37 words)
Former U.S. president Donald Trump — with a bandage on his ear — received an emotional standing ovation on the first night of the Republican National Convention just two days after an attempted assassination. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Alternatively bag a bandage buy from our edit which includes options by Boohoo and PLT.
At one point, he removed a bloody bandage from his forehead to show the wound.
Bandage added that the fire bureau is “strictly monitoring” Gentle Hands for corrections of defects, as indicated in a notice to comply (NTC) issued after the investigation.
Bidirectional charging can be anything from a neat gimmick to a lifesaving bandage that covers fatal flaws in our country’s infrastructure, but GM’s plan to implement it across its electrified lineup is a net benefit.
Darcey Silva appears to be recovering from her latest cosmetic procedures, but the bandage on her face has Darcey & Stacey fans scared for her health.
Grosso suffered a deep cut above his left eye that required stitches and a large bandage wrapped around his head.
He had an IV in one arm and a bandage wrapped around the other as well as an oxygen tube in his nose.
If you’re bleeding, apply gentle pressure to the wound with a clean cloth or bandage to slow the bleeding without aggravating the injury.
She would put a wet sulpha bandage around the child’s head and say to the mother to keep it there for three days.
The reality TV star caught wind of the comment and quickly replied, "a bandage.
The wound is being left open to drain before being stitched up and Collins said the cat is going to the vet every day for bandage changes, plus he’ll be wearing a cone for at least two weeks.
Tika Ram Rana, who had his head wrapped in a white bandage, said: 'I was asleep at night and around 10 or 11 at night it started shaking and the house caved.
When she got to Gaza, Roitman was brought to a tunnel where a Palestinian woman doctor initially refused to bandage her wound.
By the following month, she appeared at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party bandage-free, indicating her finger had healed.
Davis was pictured being wheeled into a hospital coffee shop in a green gown and a large white bandage swathed across his head.
England winger Saka suffered a gash on his leg during the 3-0 win over Bournemouth last weekend and has trained with a bandage on it this week.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump — with a bandage on his ear — received an emotional standing ovation on the first night of the Republican National Convention just two days after an attempted assassination.
For the first few days, I felt like I was ripping a bandage off a half-healed wound.
Grant said: “The stretch of the bandage adds pressure.
He may have a bandage on his right arm too.
Common combinations with bandage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bandage on 15×
- with bandage 12×
- the bandage 7×
- and bandage 4×
- bandage around 4×
- bandage that 3×
- or bandage 3×
- white bandage 3×
- bandage from 2×
- bandage wrapped 2×