sanitarium

Example Sentences

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Then he was committed to a sanitarium in 1916 and was never the same.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2025

She even adopted a Ukrainian teenager, Filip Holovnya, from among the children taken to the sanitarium.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

I have always loved the idea of a sanitarium: Swaddle me in blankets like a chic burrito, please, and tilt my deck chair toward the Swiss Alps or whatever hills you’ve got.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2023

Among them was a TB sanitarium that became the seed for today’s City of Hope, the renowned cancer treatment and research center.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2022

Did he do his work right there in the sanitarium, or did they rent him a little office where he could get away from all the noise?

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris