SURGEON in a Sentence

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For SURGEON, below is one of 83 sentences:
There's always more or less orange-peel on the pavement in our street; and I know it's put there by the surgeon's boy at the corner.

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 Meanings and Examples of SURGEON
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
surgeon
 n.  one who performs manual operations on a patient
Classic Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1  However, Squealer easily convinced them that the veterinary surgeon in Willingdon could treat Boxer's case more satisfactorily than could be done on the farm.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
2  The van had previously been the property of the knacker, and had been bought by the veterinary surgeon, who had not yet painted the old name out.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
3  The doctor had bought the house from the heirs of a celebrated surgeon; and his own tastes being rather chemical than anatomical, had changed the destination of the block at the bottom of the garden.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
4  He is a veterinary surgeon, a farrier, and horsebreaker.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
5  In the midst of this, Rachael returned; and with her party there was a surgeon, who brought some wine and medicines.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
6  They all consulted together, and looked anxiously at the surgeon, as he asked some questions, and shook his head on receiving the replies.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
7  When all was ready, this man, still taking his last hurried charges from his comrades and the surgeon after the windlass had begun to lower him, disappeared into the pit.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
8  At first, none but the surgeon went close to it.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
9  The bearers being now ready to carry him away, and the surgeon being anxious for his removal, those who had torches or lanterns, prepared to go in front of the litter.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
10  The surgeon had been sitting with his face turned towards the fire: giving the palms of his hands a warm and a rub alternately.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
11  The surgeon deposited it in her arms.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
12  'You needn't mind sending up to me, if the child cries, nurse,' said the surgeon, putting on his gloves with great deliberation.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
13  The surgeon leaned over the body, and raised the left hand.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
14  There's always more or less orange-peel on the pavement in our street; and I know it's put there by the surgeon's boy at the corner.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
15  My dear young lady,' rejoined the surgeon, mournfully shaking his head; 'crime, like death, is not confined to the old and withered alone.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  The surgeon operated on her for appendicitis.
2  The surgeon tried to probe the wound for foreign matter before suturing it.
3  A brain surgeon practicing every day may do a faster and better job than someone who does brain surgery once every few years.
4  Since graduating from medical school, the two doctors have taken divergent paths, one going on to become a nationally prominent surgeon, the other dedicating himself to a small family practice in his home town.
5  The king traveled to Boston because he wanted the preeminent surgeon in the field to perform the operation.
6  My surgeon had a national reputation and was known as a perfectionist.
7  So, I called my plastic surgeon, Dr. Epstein, on a Sunday at 4pm.
8  The surgeon placed catheters through the veins and arteries near the base of the head.
9  The plastic surgeon diagnosed my illness as a rare bone disease.
10  A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.
11  His finger was cut off when he caught it in a machine, but the surgeon was able to sew it back on.
12  The students watched as the surgeon performed the operation.
13  The surgeon performed a section on the vein.
14  Heart surgeons use PRP to strengthen tissues in bypass operations, and some plastic surgeons and dermatologists use it as an alternative to facial fillers.
15  The surgeons of this hospital pioneer organ transplants.