Thesaurus results for HOSPITALIZED

hospitalized

verb

past tense of hospitalize

as in treated

to place (someone) in a hospital for care or treatment The doctor wants to hospitalize her for a few days so that he can run some tests.

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Recent Examples of hospitalized The violence injured at least 14 people, including Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine, who was hospitalized after being beaten in Abu Falah. — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Muertos Fest will pay tribute to Augie Meyers On Thursday, the Tejano Nation website, citing Spanish-language entertainment media, posted that Ayala reportedly had been hospitalized. — Jim Kiest, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026 Others, like Vincent, who was hospitalized for smoke inhalation, face uncertainty. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026 Past popes who have been hospitalized have recited the Angelus from the balcony on the 10th floor of Gemelli Hospital. — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 After getting shot in the neck, he was promptly hospitalized and held in federal custody. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2026 Two people were hospitalized with serious but not life-threatening injuries, while 17 others sustained minor injuries. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 Years later, after Leslie experiences severe financial difficulty and is hospitalized, both parents become more present. — Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026 Jones had been hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, while awaiting a transplant, Drinkwitz said during a news conference Tuesday. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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She was treated at hospitals in Ramallah and Israel for lacerations across her body, a broken rib and four broken vertebrae.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Musk has repeatedly treated the sports car as a lower priority than Tesla’s other projects, while also blaming supply chain shortages for earlier delays.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

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For years, Pollock’s brother Sande had nursed him through alcoholism and breakdowns, but then Krasner stepped in.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Dean Fryer, the restaurant’s namesake, nursed a pint outside while chatting with creative director Nicholas Blechman.

— Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

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Hayes, a 6-0, 190-pound redshirt freshman from Wichita, attended Maize High School.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
The shooter’s parents were cooperative and told investigators their son had attended Silver Rail Elementary School during their interview, the source said.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

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