How to Use intensive care in a Sentence

intensive care

noun

• Her condition will require intensive care.
• She was moved to the intensive care unit on Aug. 27, and out by Aug. 31.
  — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 23 Sep. 2021
• Many of the patients who died were in the intensive care unit.
  — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Sep. 2022
• Some of his time in the hospital was spent in the intensive care unit.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
• The first few weeks of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit were tough.
  — Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2021
• As of Monday, 82.1% of intensive care beds in the state are filled.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2021
• For the first time, there will be a neonatal intensive care unit.
  — Dylan Scott, Vox, 21 Nov. 2024
• His twin, Ali, is fighting for his life in the intensive care unit.
  — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
• The state now has about 22.5% of its intensive care unit beds available.
  — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2021
• Hal stayed in the intensive care unit, expecting a long wait for a heart.
  — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2023
• The second stroke was massive enough to land him in the intensive care unit, though he has since been moved out of the ICU.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2022
• Her father, who had just had open heart surgery, was in the intensive care unit.
  — Laura Kwerel, NPR, 19 June 2024
• In the intensive care unit later that day, Kriewaldt’s heart stopped again.
  — jsonline.com, 31 Aug. 2021
• So, the seven of them all chose a shift in the intensive care unit, at a hospital in Dublin, Calif.
  — Ryan Katz, NPR, 21 July 2025
• The baby had to spend 45 days in a neonatal intensive care unit.
  — Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 20 Sep. 2024
• The nurses transferred him to a small intensive care unit on the other side of the building.
  — John Carreyrou, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
• The girl has since been moved out of intensive care, according to the outlet.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
• Two months later, a blood clot in her thigh landed her in the intensive care unit.
  — Jeff Horwitz, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2021
• Around 68% of intensive care units were filled as of Tuesday.
  — Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022
• There, he was sent directly to the intensive care unit.
  — Paula Span, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
• Thompson spent the first part of her life in the neonatal intensive care unit, cared for by nurses.
  — Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
• After Malti’s birth, the new parents had to go to the neonatal intensive care unit every day for the next three months.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2023
• Growing for the third day in a row, the number of the state's virus patients who were in intensive care rose Thursday by four, to 46.
  — Andy Davis, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2022
• His last few weeks were spent in an intensive care unit, mostly asleep.
  — Andrew Lampert, Artforum, 1 May 2025
• The babies were in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for almost three months.
  — Jordan Greene, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
• The 61-year-old actor had remained in a coma in intensive care since Feb. 18.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
• Nearly 90 percent of the state's intensive care beds were in use, and 85 percent of all patient beds were filled, the group said.
  — NBC News, 13 Aug. 2021
• Hope, who is the inspiration for the book, spent a few days in the intensive care unit earlier this year.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
• This year, the hospital also will open its first neonatal intensive care unit.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
• The person is currently in the intensive care unit at a Missouri hospital, according to the press release.
  — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025