sanitarium

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Recent Examples of sanitarium Among them was a TB sanitarium that became the seed for today’s City of Hope, the renowned cancer treatment and research center. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022 When Hoover was a teen-ager, Dickerson was institutionalized for a time at a sanitarium in Laurel, Maryland. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022 The map that indicates which rooms are situated in the old hospital wings, like the sanitarium, add to the spookiness. Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022 In the early 1900s, 1 out of 7 people in the U.S. and Europe died from what was then called consumption, while others were quarantined for life in a sanitarium. Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2018 See All Example Sentences for sanitarium
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitarium
Noun
  • The thriller — more horrific than straight-up scary — is worth checking out, if only for the late Brittany Murphy's nervy turn as a razor-wielding woman confined to a sanatorium.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Now, the sanatorium hosts public and private tours and paranormal investigations for those interested in exploring the building.
    Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The four crew members onboard the plane were sent to local hospitals for medical treatment.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In his later years, Horne battled a number of health issues and often shared updates about his health on social media from his hospital bed.
    Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The teams also visit people in hospitals, in hospice, with special needs or developmental challenges and those dealing with disasters.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This version, however, focuses on his friendship with 12-year-old Georg, who discovers and secretly raises the puppy in a mountain hospice, leading to adventures in the Swiss alps.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Inside the Old Louisville murder house: This Old Louisville mansion was home to a grave in a wine cellar, a sanitorium and a cult.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 25 May 2022
  • My great-grandmother died from tuberculosis in a sanitorium with concrete floors.
    Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 23 July 2020

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