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as in to bind
to cover with a bandage her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully

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bandage

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noun

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Recent Examples of bandage
Verb
The eight-month-old is also captured sleeping in a hospital bed with bandages around his head, and in a final sweet clip smiling at home. Escher Walcott, People.com, 15 July 2025 Hervé Léger has utilized TikTok to connect with its newfound audience, garnering thousands of views with videos showcasing different bandage dress styles. Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 11 July 2025
Noun
In the parking lot of Mandalay General Hospital, dozens of patients — many with their heads and arms bandaged — were lined up on stretchers, or cardboard, in 100-degree heat. Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 Next to her, someone’s head was bandaged with someone else’s handkerchief and bled through it immediately. Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bandage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bandage
Verb
  • But some of these things we are contractually bound to, we’re obligated to run 50 trains a day.
    Carlton Gillespie, Sun Sentinel, 30 July 2025
  • The prosthetics that bound Brie and Franco together for up to 10 hours forced them to even go to the bathroom at the same time.
    Topher Gauk-Roger, People.com, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • School supplies with a sales price of $50 or less per item include: Binders, cellophane tape, compasses, composition books and construction paper. Crayons, erasers, folders, glue, paste and legal pads.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
  • His tape last season showed an every-down backer with natural diagnose skills and the ability to cover ground quickly.
    Dane Brugler, New York Times, 29 July 2025
Verb
  • Hall, though, scratched the Pre Classic, and whatever prevented him from racing there does not appear sufficiently healed.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 31 July 2025
  • In general, when wounds don’t heal properly, the risk of infection increases.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • The sandals have a sturdy thong-style strap, a soft rubber footbed, and a non-slip sole.
    Nicol Natale, People.com, 23 July 2025
  • With adjustable straps, a lightweight cork sole, and a soft leather upper, these sandals are the perfect comfortable choice for any trip.
    Lola Méndez, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2025
Verb
  • Demi Lovato dresses the cool girl part while grabbing a frozen treat in Los Angeles on July 30.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • At our interview, Barr showed me an image of Hootie dressed in Los Angeles Dodgers gear, and said the Nomi had just run onto the team's baseball field.
    Salvador Rodriguez, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The show illuminates the period of Kahlo’s rise as an international artist and her chance meeting with Reynolds, a lesser known, but highly compelling artist and maker of innovative, one-of-a-kind book bindings.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Image The restorers also used mirrors, magnets, prisms and other tools to take hundreds of photographs of parts of the manuscript that were hidden under folds or stitched into the binding.
    Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • On the final night of the convention, two of the stars who also happen to be incredibly talented musicians, treated fans to an intimate concert in a local venue on the square, Canopy + The Roots.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025
  • After a diagnosis, Lyme disease is treated with antibiotics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (aspirin or ibuprofen) to keep symptoms manageable.1 For prevention's sake, protect yourself against tick bites as much as possible.
    Amber Brenza, Health, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Vera Bradley Featherweight Woodward Small Belt Bag More than 100 Amazon shoppers have picked up this water-repellent quilted belt bag from Vera Bradley in the past month.
    Emily Weaver, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Hollins is also an experienced special teams coverage player with 1,186 career snaps and 28 tackles under his belt.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 31 July 2025

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“Bandage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandage. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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