How to Use hospitalize in a Sentence

hospitalize

verb
  • The doctor wants to hospitalize her for a few days so that he can run some tests.
  • The woman told the Free Press she was hospitalized for a month.
    Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024
  • How many times had she been hospitalized in the last year?
    Brian Goldstone, The New Republic, 21 Aug. 2019
  • In 2019, during a race at the Armory, his heart stopped, and he was hospitalized for a month.
    Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The woman was hospitalized for the effects of the pepper spray and for abrasions to her arm.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2023
  • People always knew a bad case of the flu could hospitalize or even kill them.
    Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Rudolph, just 12 at the time, lost an eye in the blast and was hospitalized for weeks and continues to suffer the effects of her injuries.
    Joseph D. Bryant | Jbryant@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The man died and his wife was hospitalized, according to NBC News.
    Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 26 Mar. 2020
  • His passenger See Mou Chang, 65 at the time of the crash, was hospitalized with injuries.
    Jerry Fallstrom, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The man died at the scene, and the woman was hospitalized with severe leg injuries, troopers say.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
  • McIntyre was hurt in the crash and was hospitalized at MetroHealth.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com, 8 July 2019
  • All lanes were reopened by 2:45 p.m. A person was also hospitalized as a result of the crash, the CHP said.
    Alex Wigglesworth, latimes.com, 6 July 2019
  • He was then hospitalized on Sept. 4 and died the following day.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The fourth victim, 17, suffered a gunshot wound to the body and was also hospitalized.
    Annie Sweeney, chicagotribune.com, 4 July 2019
  • One man’s hands were zip-tied and he was hospitalized after struggling to breathe.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The three victims were pronounced dead at the scene, and Hurtado's wife and son were hospitalized after the crash.
    Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
  • Taylor was pronounced dead on the scene at 9:06 p.m. The driver was briefly hospitalized but was released with a day.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 28 Apr. 2020
  • One woman was hospitalized with chest injuries in the city of Brovary, near Kyiv, its mayor said.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
  • King Felipe of Spain has spoken for the first time since his mother Queen Sofia was hospitalized.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Deputies didn’t know the conditions of the people who were hospitalized.
    oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2020
  • By the evening of July 1, five passengers were still hospitalized and four of them were in the intensive care unit.
    Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 2 July 2024
  • Three children at the school were hospitalized, though the extent of their injuries has not been released.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Both men remain hospitalized, and no charges have been filed.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Two 23-year-olds — a man and woman — were injured, as was a 27-year-old man and the two men who were remained hospitalized Monday.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 1 July 2019
  • Todd Williams, who was injured in the crash and hospitalized, has since been arrested.
    Jennifer Larino, nola.com, 17 June 2019
  • Two of the workers, an 18-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman, were hospitalized in good condition.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
  • So far 27 people have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported, the CDC said.
    Ryan Prior, CNN, 5 July 2019
  • The patient had to go to the hospital in 12% of those cases, and children under age 5 were the most likely to be hospitalized.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
  • The other person who died was from the truck, ABC 12 reported, and at least six others were hospitalized.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • There have been eight patients hospitalized, and no deaths connected to the outbreak, health officials said.
    Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025

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