How to Use defibrillator in a Sentence

defibrillator

noun
  • Staff waited by her side with a defibrillator in case her heart gave out.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2022
  • The trainers pulled her aside, grabbed a defibrillator and called the paramedics.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Doctors had to use a defibrillator to keep her alive.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • If that happens, his defibrillator shocks him to try to sync his heart back into rhythm.
    — Molly Duerig, azcentral, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Hawkins said of Shoemake who told him to fetch one of the school’s four defibrillators.
    — Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune, 17 May 2018
  • Milie said Lee was shocked twice with the defibrillator on the field.
    — Ben Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
  • One man had a red soccer jersey pulled over his face as he was treated with a defibrillator.
    — Kelly Kasulis Cho, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Beckett is no longer able to play contact sports because of the defibrillator, which sits above his heart.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Someone had gone to search for a defibrillator.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Doctors needed to shock him with a defibrillator three times to keep him stable.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The event hall's defibrillator was used.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Thieves even took the defibrillator that was inside the trailer.
    — Carina Julig, The Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Charge up the defibrillator, Game 5 against the Padres is here.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • When used within a few minutes, a defibrillator can shock the heart back into a normal rhythm.
    — Sarah Klein, Health.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • With the use of a defibrillator, the odds of survival greatly increase.
    — Jackson Tolliver, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
  • Paramedics shocked Andrea twice with a defibrillator until her heart began to beat once again.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Paramedics used a defibrillator to start Kriewaldt’s heart and inserted a tube down his throat to get air into his lungs.
    — jsonline.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • First responders rushed to Lyons to revive him with use of a defibrillator.
    — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2022
  • But doctors quickly lost those signs of life, leading to the use of a defibrillator, Boesen said.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 13 June 2021
  • All of the department's police cars are equipped with defibrillators.
    — Carolyn Gusoff april 6, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • That and a nation-sized defibrillator to end the chaos and reset the country on a healthier way forward.
    — Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 13 June 2022
  • Didn't feel the vigorous chest compressions or the shock of the defibrillator.
    — Maureen C. Gilmer, Indianapolis Star, 18 June 2017
  • Surgery staff not using defibrillator pads.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 June 2026
  • And perhaps locate the nearest defibrillator, just in case, because the bare bones of this match are likely enough to get your heart racing.
    — Jack Lang, The Athletic, 10 July 2024
  • Officers found a broken door to one of the locker rooms and an automatic defibrillator that had been torn from the wall.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2020
  • When performed at the band’s shows, the song carries the emotional charge of a defibrillator serving its purpose.
    — Aileen Goos, SPIN, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The screaming father told the emergency responders not to give up, reaching for their defibrillator to try to bring his son back to life.
    — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Nov. 2022
  • For the past four years, author Jameson Rich has had a small defibrillator implanted in his chest.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Meanwhile, the anonymous passenger says, a flight attendant rushed to get a defibrillator from the front of the plane to help the woman.
    — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The superintendent and board staff ran to find the defibrillator.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025

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