wounded
people who are wounded
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,447 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,680 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- people who are wounded also: maimed they had to leave the wounded where they fell
adjective
- suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle also: hurt nursing his wounded armambulances...for the hurt men and women
wounded in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I chanced to light on some goats, shot one and wounded another.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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There, dungeoned in the cockpit, the wounded go down, And the chaplain with them.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Wounded, she kept the secret of her wound, hung her head, and said nothing.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Such fellows are always cowards; the moment they saw one of their accomplices mortally wounded, they fled.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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The chief’s eye flashed; but presently Softened itself, as sheathes A film the mother-eagle’s eye When her bruised eaglet breathes; “You’re wounded!”
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1