How to Use regain consciousness in a Sentence

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  • But the former fire chief had been shot in the head above his ear and didn’t regain consciousness.
    Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
  • He was put in an induced coma and did not regain consciousness.
    Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Farley did regain consciousness at the scene and was treated by paramedics.
    Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 29 Mar. 2021
  • When researchers blocked activity in this area, the mice took more time to regain consciousness.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Narcan was administered and the man was able to regain consciousness.
    cleveland, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Elizalde began chest compressions and the victim soon began to regain consciousness.
    Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Anyone who did not regain consciousness within a few weeks after a stroke or head injury was said to have no hope for meaningful improvement.
    Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2011
  • However, the lawsuit claims that Jimenez did not regain consciousness after the carotid restraint.
    Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2021
  • In many cases, victims will regain consciousness or responsiveness in a few minutes.
    Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Samsel did not regain consciousness until the next day, according to Metcalf, and has since suffered seizures for the first time in his life.
    Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Beaudoin said goodbye to his wife and dog — not realizing that he would soon be placed on a ventilator and not regain consciousness until June.
    Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Staff members started chest compressions and called emergency services to help Lofton regain consciousness.
    Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021
  • One devastating video from the BBC shows a woman trying to help her dying brother regain consciousness.
    Rana Ayyub, Time, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The methods may not detect intentional brain activity in some patients who later regain consciousness.
    Jan Claassen, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Don't address a person who's just had a serious seizure with a worried, urgent tone—instead, give them a chance to slowly regain consciousness, then speak to them in a soft, reassuring voice.
    Patti Greco, Health.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The pigs were dead for an hour, and the researchers cooled their bodies and used neural inhibitors to ensure the animals did not regain consciousness during subsequent experiments.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Police administered three doses of Narcan, a heroin-overdose antidote, but the man did not regain consciousness.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2020
  • If the person passed out, the researchers immediately changed the table position so the participant could regain consciousness.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The woman began to regain consciousness during the examination.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
  • People who regain consciousness a year or more after injury rarely return to normal; many remain bedridden, incontinent, confused, or agitated.
    Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2011
  • It’s generally believed that patients who are in a vegetative state more than a year after experiencing severe brain trauma won’t regain consciousness ever again.
    Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2017
  • The witness administered Narcan, an emergency medication used to try to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose, but the teen did not regain consciousness and was pronounced dead.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 1 May 2022
  • Troopers saw open bottles of alcohol in the Equinox and Tipantuna Quinchiguano, who would regain consciousness and quickly fall back to sleep, had bloodshot and glassy eyes and smelled of alcohol.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The procedure ultimately allowed her team to wean her off sedation and ventilator support, and soon, Augustina started to regain consciousness.
    Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Another firefighter begins intubating Delk before pumping oxygen, though Delk doesn’t appear to regain consciousness.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2023
  • In a video released by the fire department, first responders tried performing CPR on the cats, with some attempting mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to help the animals regain consciousness.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The man, John Marion Grant, was the first person executed by Oklahoma since prison officials made severe mistakes in previous executions, including using the wrong drug in one instance and, in another, allowing a prisoner to regain consciousness.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2021

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