How to Use vital signs in a Sentence

vital signs

plural noun
  • Cap knelt beside him and checked his vital signs.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • They were said to have stable vital signs.
    City News Service, Daily News, 1 May 2026
  • Wildlife rescuers search for oiled wildlife and check their vital signs.
    Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The doctors are telling you to give it time, and the vital signs are good.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 14 June 2018
  • On the right of the bed was a monitor to track his vital signs.
    Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Some days, Williams said, there was no time to check a patient’s vital signs.
    Joseph Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2022
  • For those who do consent, the device will alert staff to any changes in their vital signs.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Nieder would weigh patients and take their vital signs herself rather than have a nurse do it.
    Author: Charles Wohlforth, Alaska Dispatch News, 3 July 2017
  • Not all hotel guests in Arizona are the kind with vital signs.
    Roger Naylor and Scott Craven, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Two people can have the same vital signs but be in very different places.
    Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The next day, the doctor had stable vital signs and had no complaints.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The man's vital signs were stable despite fever, cough and fatigue.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Your healthcare providers may check your vital signs and ask you to sign a consent form before your test.
    Qin Rao, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The officer was said to have stable vital signs.
    City News Service, Daily News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Experts recommend bringing your dog to the vet to check his or her vital signs.
    Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Radar can also be used to monitor vital signs such as breathing and heart rate.
    Aly Fathy, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Others had to stop fasting on the advice of a doctor who checks their vital signs twice a day.
    Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • And one of the patient rooms didn’t have a machine to monitor vital signs.
    John Carreyrou, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • But for now, its quirky spin on the walking dead shows encouraging vital signs.
    Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 10 June 2025
  • Soon after, Angela Craig had a seizure and once again her vital signs crashed.
    Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The nurse entered but was unable to take Serna’s vital signs.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Both men were later found with no vital signs, Reuters reported.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Three of the 18 people had no vital signs when police arrived.
    Otis R. Taylor Jr., SFChronicle.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • These can not only measure vital signs but also respond to changes in real time.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025
  • By 2014, this vital sign of a nation's health tipped downward.
    Los Angeles Times, oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2019
  • These are the vital signs that the internet has begun to digest itself.
    Nathan Pettijohn, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The doctors were confounded by his symptoms; his vital signs and blood tests were normal.
    Maddy Crowell, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The kiosk will monitor vital signs, such as weight, blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen level.
    Joanne Berger Dumound/special To Cleveland.com., cleveland.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The research team took length and weight measurements, blood samples and checked other vital signs.
    Ed Killer, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The problem is that overstretched nurses and hospital teams can only take vital signs a few times a day.
    Frank Chan, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024

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