How to Use seizure in a Sentence

seizure

noun
  • Not all searches and seizures by the police require a warrant.
  • Rain placed her body on top of River to try and stop his seizures.
    Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In such cases, seizures and/or coma may be the first sign of a low.
    Jordyn Bradley, Fortune Well, 2 Feb. 2024
  • One of the seizures was at the York Middle School while having lunch with a student.
    Max Sullivan, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Ukraine has sharply criticized the seizure of its land.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Many of the vehicle seizures have revolved around drugs.
    Mike Baker, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The mayor's office confirmed that the seizure took place on Monday.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The warrant authorizing the seizure of the Schiele was dated Sept. 12.
    Steven Litt, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Footage has been released by the Iranian navy that shows the seizure of a foreign vessel in the Gulf of Oman.
    Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • After the first seizure, Wilson went to the county office building to get her car back.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Those seizures resulted in 32 arrests and 63 felony charges.
    Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The cause was brain seizures, said his brother Ken Lerner, who is also an actor.
    Emily Langer, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
  • According to the Mayo Clinic, a febrile seizure is a convulsion in a child that is caused by a fever and occurs in young, healthy kids.
    Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Shields then explained that her seizure was triggered by low sodium.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Even after the 1960s seizure, Black families continued to live around the perimeter of the college.
    Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2024
  • For months after the seizure, Barzman denied making the paintings.
    Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • After the second seizure, medical staff summoned Von Lintig, but the doctor did not go to the cell to check on Serna.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The linkage is stiff and imprecise and undergoes as many jerks and seizures between throws as Mark Fidrych.
    John Phillips, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2023
  • From the following year on, a series of attacks and ship seizures attributed to Iran have raised tensions.
    Time, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The school has erected a plaque and an exhibit chronicling the 1960s seizure of the community.
    Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 10 Nov. 2023
  • From the following year on, a series of attacks and ship seizures attributed to Iran raised tensions.
    Jon Gambrell and Matthew Lee, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Some described the seizure of their electronic devices.
    Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Thus begin the creepy utterances, the seizures, the sudden appearances in church covered in blood and shrieking.
    Vulture, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Trump posted a $175 million bond in the New York civil fraud case to prevent seizure of his assets while the case is under appeal.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • And if not promptly treated, the infection can also cause seizures, coma and death.
    Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The use of injunctions and seizures against troubled device makers has also dropped.
    Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
  • However, the cause of her seizures and decline remains unknown.
    Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Weber-Bogar said Trejos helped her with her seizures when her husband couldn’t.
    USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • More than half of the patients suffered seizures after ingesting the products, the state's health department said.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Williams said Bowers has never had a seizure in the five years under his supervision.
    Sabrina Souza, CNN, 30 June 2023

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