How to Use ventilator in a Sentence
ventilator
noun- The patient was put on a ventilator.
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For the first month of his life, Zion was on a ventilator, fighting to live.
—Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 7 May 2021
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He was placed on a ventilator for a while as Hennessy worked back from the surgery.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2022
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The tube connects to a ventilator, a machine that pushes air in and out of the lungs.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 9 Oct. 2024
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Lotte was able to come off the ventilator last Monday and came home later in the week.
—Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 26 Sep. 2021
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Two years ago, at the Shed in New York City, there was a version that was filled with a ventilator.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 9 Sep. 2024
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Her daughter needed a week in the NICU and some time on a ventilator, too.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
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Once on the ventilator, many will not regain enough strength to breathe on their own.
—Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
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The pope is not attached to a ventilator but is still struggling to breathe.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 22 Feb. 2025
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In all, Calderon spent 71 days in the hospital, 60 of them on a ventilator.
—oregonlive, 23 June 2021
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Then, someone removes the tube from her ventilator and points it at the dessert, which blows it out.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
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The next month, my mom’s brother was placed on a ventilator.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 1 Jan. 2022
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The number of the state virus patients who have ever been on a ventilator rose by two, to 1,518.
—Andy Davis, Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2021
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The number of the state's virus patients who have ever been on a ventilator rose by eight, to 2,976.
—Andy Davis, Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2021
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Her heart rate and blood pressure dropped, and the doctors put her on a ventilator.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2025
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Heche had suffered burns that required the use of a ventilator to breathe.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2022
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The team had to intubate and place her on a ventilator.
—Author: Evan Bush, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2021
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A week after that, she was put on a ventilator in a last-ditch effort to save her life.
—Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 18 Dec. 2020
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Who refused to send ventilators to blue states out of spite?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 July 2024
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He was paralyzed from the neck down and would likely need a ventilator for the rest of his life, the report said.
—Fox News, 23 July 2021
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Moon spent 79 days in the hospital, 39 of them on a ventilator.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 22 Nov. 2021
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For six days, her father was hooked up to a ventilator.
—Christina Estes, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2020
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Today, the 2-year-old breathes with the aid of a tracheostomy and ventilator as a result of a brain injury.
—Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
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Neher was put on a ventilator, and could no longer call.
—Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2021
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During her third visit, she was put on a ventilator in the ICU.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 23 Nov. 2024
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She's looked on with dread as the sickest, fighting to survive, were hooked up to a ventilator.
—Star Tribune, 7 Feb. 2021
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Of those, 3 are in intensive care and one is on a ventilator.
—Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2021
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His son had to go on a ventilator and died the next day, said Collins, who has been vaccinated.
—David Williams, CNN, 5 Oct. 2021
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Mitchell survived the March crash but suffered a fractured neck and a broken leg and had to be placed on a ventilator.
—Faiz Siddiqui, Jeremy B. Merrill, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2023
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She was put in a paralytic coma and placed on a ventilator.
—Addie Hunter, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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