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in a wheelchair vs on a wheelchair

Both "in a wheelchair" and "on a wheelchair" are commonly used phrases, but they are used in different contexts. "In a wheelchair" is used to describe someone sitting inside a wheelchair, while "on a wheelchair" is used to describe someone sitting on top of a wheelchair. Therefore, the choice between the two depends on whether you want to emphasize the person's position inside or on the wheelchair.

Last updated: April 04, 2024 • 205 views

in a wheelchair

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "in a wheelchair" to describe someone sitting inside a wheelchair.

Examples:

  • She has been in a wheelchair since the accident.
  • The patient in a wheelchair needs assistance to move around.
  • I'm forever in a wheelchair.
  • A war photographer in a wheelchair.
  • Laura Howlingcrane is in a wheelchair.
  • Fez, my grandmother is in a wheelchair.
  • Two-year-old and wife in a wheelchair.
  • They came to see me in a wheelchair.
  • President Roosevelt is in a wheelchair.
  • Todd in a wheelchair with a mounted iPhone.
  • One minute, you're in a wheelchair.
  • You will be in a wheelchair.
  • It was a man in a wheelchair desperately trying to move away.
  • And she's in a wheelchair much like yourself.
  • An ugly man in a wheelchair.
  • I'm stuck in a wheelchair.
  • I've never seen her in a wheelchair.
  • Her only other relative was an aunt in a wheelchair.
  • Never seen someone in a wheelchair before?
  • Now we got competition in a wheelchair.
  • The last 14 years in a wheelchair.
  • The defendant was a 75-year-old woman in a wheelchair.

Alternatives:

  • using a wheelchair
  • sitting in a wheelchair
  • wheelchair-bound
  • relying on a wheelchair
  • confined to a wheelchair

on a wheelchair

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "on a wheelchair" to describe someone sitting on top of a wheelchair.

Examples:

  • The child was sitting on a wheelchair waiting for his turn.
  • He placed his bag on the wheelchair and started walking.
  • And when your health betrays you... go there on a wheelchair.
  • Today, the 35-year-old relies on a wheelchair and rarely leaves the house.
  • This, together with later strokes, left him dependent on a wheelchair, and he was unable to speak in his last remaining years.
  • You can find hotels that have adapted their facilities to make it easier for a person on a wheelchair to move around.
  • ? 25.01 - Access to the Concert of Zucchero in Treviso for people on a wheelchair [Italian]
  • Persons who must not be included in the number of paying guests are: children under 1 metre, disabled persons on a wheelchair, and the drivers (maximum 2 drivers per bus)
  • Today, he depends on a wheelchair.
  • When someone is on a wheelchair, special care must be given when the person needs to ride in automobile.
  • Fine, but... I'm not going easy on you just 'cause you're on a wheelchair.
  • After the war against Hades, Seiya is reduced to sit on a wheelchair.
  • Nevertheless, a popular composer as John Adams decided to write a play, which libretto explains the reasons of those who killed an elderly man on a wheelchair like a dog.
  • The rooms are spacious and are easy to move around in on a wheelchair, common rooms are fitted with supports to help mobility and the bathrooms are equipped according to the norms required to guarantee maximum independence.
  • sitting on a wheelchair.
  • Is Orlando on a wheelchair?
  • The matter of his body ending at the waist forcing him to go about on a wheelchair - having fun and respected by everyone, without any apparent integration problem.
  • Some metros only have room for either two passengers on a wheelchair or two strollers.
  • The metro can only allow space for one person on a wheelchair.
  • Two of this rooms are also equiped to host guest on a wheelchair.
  • Next time I don't want to see you on a wheelchair.
  • All of you must have noticed that she was brought there on a wheelchair.

Alternatives:

  • using a wheelchair
  • sitting on a wheelchair
  • wheelchair-bound
  • relying on a wheelchair
  • confined to a wheelchair

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