How to Use surgical in a Sentence

surgical

adjective
  • The work was done with surgical precision.
  • Cloth masks get tossed in the laundry, and surgical masks in the trash.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The first step was to use my multi-tool to make a small surgical cut in the drywall above the closet.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
  • The footage shows the person wearing a dark hoodie and a surgical mask in the early hours of May 25.
    — Maria Aguilar, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022
  • One girl had used the ties from a surgical mask to hold her shoes together.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2021
  • If both were wearing surgical masks, that time would rise to about an hour.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Meredith asks before the scene shifts to a shot of the surgical interns getting ready for a new day.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Tie two 24-inch lengths of surgical tubing through the grommets and the eyebolts.
    — Robert and Marigold Moritz, Popular Mechanics, 22 May 2021
  • The doctor’s back faced the camera, blocking the surgical site.
    — John Yoon, New York Times, 13 May 2022
  • Mocha is a 1-year-old female who has a surgical scar on her stomach.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The surgical ban is not being debated in the Supreme Court case.
    — Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Most statewide and local mask mandates in the U.S. allow cloth and surgical masks and don’t address how well the masks fit.
    — David Axe, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The clinic performs surgical abortions three days out of the week.
    — Maya T. Prabhu, ajc, 1 July 2022
  • Monita was wearing a gray puffer and a white surgical mask.
    — Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
  • The pros land their tee shots with surgical precision between them and Rae’s Creek.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
  • If not, a surgical mask with a cloth mask on top would be a good alternative.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The cotton mask also helps make the surgical mask fit more snugly.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 8 July 2021
  • To best protect yourself, wear an N95 or double mask with a cloth mask over a surgical mask to improve the seal.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Even the simple act of peeling away surgical tape would take their skin off, Nadarajah said.
    — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Plastic surgery: In some cases, the only way to truly turn back the effects of would be a surgical face lift, says Dr. Levine.
    — Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Or, if your child will tolerate a double-mask, a cloth mask can be worn over a surgical mask.
    — Betsy Morris, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Now, 40 years later, the remnants of the surgical scar are still palpable on the inside of his lower lip.
    — Casey Schwartz, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The push by unions may be apt given Biden’s approach on student loans so far, which has been quite surgical.
    — Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Fields, the fifth-round pick out of West Virginia, is not expected to need a surgical procedure on the foot.
    — cleveland, 16 May 2021
  • The stock added more than 6% after the maker of the da Vinci surgical robot beat on both top and bottom lines in the third quarter.
    — Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The ministry told Reuters that surgical masks could count as a face covering.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 22 May 2022
  • The worst nurses had failed their way off medical and surgical wards and ended up in psych wards.
    — Abraham Nussbaum, STAT, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Used surgical gloves were scattered on the ground nearby.
    — Siobhán O'Grady, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2022
  • In his unit, four of 11 staff members, who review the safety of surgical robots, were let go.
    — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Swelling and bruising are likely to occur from surgical procedures, and last for up to two weeks.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 6 July 2025

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