How to Use infirmary in a Sentence
infirmary
noun- One of the students became ill and was sent to the infirmary.
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But then he got gored in the leg and was rushed to the infirmary.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 12 July 2023
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And at the end took me to what was quote-unquote an infirmary.
—CBS News, 16 Feb. 2020
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Large swaths of his skin had peeled from his body by the time he was carried to the infirmary.
—Julie K. Brown, miamiherald, 12 June 2017
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As part of the deal, the developer will oversee the work on the chapel and the infirmary.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
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The inmate will be held in an isolated cell in the infirmary for two weeks.
—Emilie Eaton, ExpressNews.com, 16 Apr. 2020
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These children couldn't attend school and didn't have access to the recreation yard, the library, the infirmary and the chapel.
—Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2017
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Yet stricter infirmaries did not allow them, for fear of self-harm.
—The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
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On Sundays, a nurse took the children across the street to visit their mother, Rose, at the infirmary.
—Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2018
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The nurse in the infirmary took my temperature, which was high, and then gave me Theraflu and sent me back to work.
—Brittney Griner, TIME, 3 May 2024
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Our courthouse was used as an infirmary in the Civil War.
—Pat McDonogh, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2020
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But the truly stunning spaces are the infirmary and the dining room.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2024
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Garcia may join him in the infirmary with his knee ailment.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2021
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On a recent day, one huge steer languished in the ranch’s infirmary with an herb pack applied to an aching knee.
—Oliver Griffin, WSJ, 10 July 2018
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Davis first went to the infirmary in July 2016 complaining of back pain and numbness on his right foot and leg.
—Kristine Phillips, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2017
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Some, due to age or infirmary, may not have access to computers that need to be used to complete the web forms.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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Some, due to age or infirmary, may not have access to computers that need to be used to complete the web forms.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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A bus took the survivors to an infirmary, where, Doehner said, a nurse gave him a needle to burst his blisters.
—Shawn Marsh, chicagotribune.com, 6 May 2017
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A bus took the survivors to an infirmary, where, Doehner said, a nurse gave him a needle to burst his blisters.
—Washington Post, 5 May 2017
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A bus took the survivors to an infirmary, where, Doehner said, a nurse gave him a needle to burst his blisters.
—Shawn Marsh, The Seattle Times, 4 May 2017
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And finally, there’s an aviary for large birds that includes a kitchen and infirmary.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2023
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Reagan was taken to the prison infirmary, where he was pronounced dead.
—Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2025
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In a small infirmary, a prisoner was talking with a medic.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
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Two of those inmates are in the hospital; the others are isolated in the jail infirmary.
—Peggy O’Hare, ExpressNews.com, 20 Apr. 2020
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Brooks was on an infirmary bed when the attack occurred, and at one point in the video his face was visibly bloodied.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Percy wakes up in the infirmary with Thalia still unconscious.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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Nor are they provided with their own sets of keys to access infirmaries, clinics, housing units and psych wards.
—Mary Buser, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
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Despite that, he was not taken to the jail’s infirmary.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
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There is also a two-page memo by a sergeant who was in the infirmary when Brooks was attacked that echoes their version of events.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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Wallace confirmed Adair had initially been in the infirmary for a pre-existing wound on his leg.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
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