ventilator

Example Sentences

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They may require oxygen or intravenous fluid or even be put on a ventilator to help them breathe, according to the CDC.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

"He arrived with brain trauma, sedated, drugged, breathing with a ventilator," Interior Minister Armando Benedetti said.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

They are costumed as though you asked a coma patient, freshly awake after 20 years on the ventilator, to sketch these ladies from memory.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2025

Jack was put on a ventilator and moved into intensive care.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025

I ask about this onion, which may mean something religious for all I know, but Grace says it’s a ventilator.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood