How to Use dementia in a Sentence

dementia

noun
  • This patient suffers from dementia.
  • No one had dementia at the start of the study.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The subjects didn’t have dementia at the start of the study.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Lewy body dementia can cause tremors and change sleep patterns.
    — Jessica Wapner, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Sam's by grief, the Duchess' by dementia.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
  • He was slowed in later years by Lewy body dementia.
    — David Bauder, Fortune, 6 May 2026
  • These can be signs of Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.
    — cleveland, 3 Mar. 2022
  • It is designed to raise awareness about all forms of dementia.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Her husband, who has dementia, cannot share her fears and worries.
    — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2022
  • There is no cure for Alzheimer’s, which is the most common form of dementia.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Brains of those who suffered from dementia weigh less than healthy brains, Keene said.
    — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Want to decrease your dementia risk?
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Now the same philosophies are being used to fight dementia.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • My real mom doesn’t have dementia.
    — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
  • More time in the sun may help lower dementia risk, according to a large new study.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 25 June 2026
  • Her mother was even part of the choir before passing away from a form of dementia.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 5 May 2026
  • Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • The sentences were about a friend of hers who’d had dementia and had recently died.
    — Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Some of the brains came from patients who had been diagnosed with dementia.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Outsiders who come in to see people with dementia sometimes talk over them.
    — Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Vision loss is a risk factor for dementia.
    — Akshay Syal, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The findings one day may lead to better tests for early dementia.
    — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Around the same time, their mom began to show signs of early-onset dementia.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
  • Both the victim and the suspect are believed to have had dementia.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 1 June 2022
  • Research shows it is also linked to a lower risk of dementia.
    — CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • Hundreds of former players have died from dementia in just the past decade.
    — Eleanor M. Perfetto, STAT, 7 Feb. 2026
  • My mother, who has advanced dementia, loved to sit and watch the chicks beneath the heat lamp.
    — Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Those who need it can also get behavioral health and dementia care.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The two most common drivers of that, Haver said, are dementia and frailty.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'dementia.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: