How to Use quadriplegic in a Sentence

quadriplegic

noun
  • Annette pointed out that even though her son was a quadriplegic, his mind was sharp.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
  • These could be people that are living on ventilators or quadriplegics.
    — Washington Post, 16 May 2018
  • Her doctor warned that a car accident or bad fall could leave her a quadriplegic.
    — Amy Wray and Rachael Scott, CNN, 3 Oct. 2020
  • My makeup artist is a quadriplegic.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Rick Hoyt was born a spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy and cannot walk or talk.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2021
  • But for deFiebre, a quadriplegic, manual wheels are a strain on her arms.
    — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 4 June 2021
  • The victim, a quadriplegic, couldn't escape the building in time.
    — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The two-day race weekend marks the first time Schmidt, who’s a quadriplegic, has entered a race since his crash more than 20 years ago.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2020
  • He was hospitalized for weeks and diagnosed as a quadriplegic, losing movement from the top of his rib cage down.
    — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Colorful pine cone wreaths are fashioned by Lisa Nussbaum, a quadriplegic who has enough use of her hands to be able to paint.
    — cleveland, 6 June 2022
  • My own mental health as a quadriplegic was strengthened by community.
    — Joni Eareckson Tada, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But a year later, he was rendered quadriplegic when a car struck his bike during an Orange County triathlon.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2021
  • As a quadriplegic, Kirk has relearned how to live an active life, which has involved learning to be patient with himself and his progress.
    — Outside Online, 29 Aug. 2024
  • Moving a cursor on a display furthermore required the use of a mouth stick, a specialized assistive device used by quadriplegics.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
  • At 7 months old, Erlanger was diagnosed with a spinal tumor; the surgery required to remove it left him as a quadriplegic.
    — Kate Hogan, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The trial is open to patients who are quadriplegics as a result of a cervical spinal cord injury or have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • His brother had severe brain damage from a car accident in 1976 and was a quadriplegic.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Yovanna is quadriplegic since a traffic accident more than two decades ago, and has been in and out of the hospital for more than half her life with complications.
    — Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2021
  • With the other couple, a terrible auto accident had left the wife a partial quadriplegic.
    — Cory Trenda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Rick Hoyt was born in 1962, a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy, unable to control his limbs or speak.
    — New York Times, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Smith almost never checks her doorbell camera, but that day her ex-husband, who is a quadriplegic, had sent their daughter a Starbucks treat.
    — David Begnaud, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Tragically, his 19-year-old son was in a major traffic accident that left him a quadriplegic.
    — Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The recall was prompted by an accident in which a rider became a quadriplegic after a quick-release lever on the front wheel came into contact with the disc brake.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 22 Apr. 2015
  • Friday's indictments include charges for Murdaugh's handling of the aftermath of a wreck that caused a deaf man to end up quadriplegic.
    — Jeffrey Collins, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2022
  • That was the year Ricochet got on a surfboard with local quadriplegic surfer Patrick Ivison.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Michelle Bain’s mother is a 64-year-old quadriplegic who lives at Alden Estates of Naperville.
    — Joe Mahr, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The young man, who was already deaf, was rendered a quadriplegic in a 2011 car accident and was placed on a ventilator.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Stingley’s neck was broken on impact, leaving the player a quadriplegic for the rest of his life and prompting the league to consider rule changes to protect its athletes on the field.
    — Tim Griffin, Artforum, 1 May 2022
  • Yet for 20 seconds, a 57-year-old quadriplegic had produced an electro-cardiogram that resembled the peaks of a fine-toothed comb.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Pedro Ventura lives in Los Angeles and is a quadriplegic because of a spinal cord injury.
    — Amy Ettinger, Washington Post, 23 May 2022

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