How to Use epileptic in a Sentence

epileptic

adjective
  • His death was caused by an epileptic seizure, his family says.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 22 July 2019
  • Marcela didn’t know it at the time, but the boy had a history of epileptic seizures.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 21 June 2022
  • Officials at the time said the death likely stemmed from an epileptic seizure.
    — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 11 July 2023
  • Her seizures slowed to 12 a day thanks to seven anti-epileptic meds.
    — Lauren Levy, Good Housekeeping, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The driver had suffered an epileptic seizure and veered onto the sidewalk.
    — Geir Moulson and Frank Jordans, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2022
  • In this case, the injury is surgery to the affected area of the brain that is causing the epileptic seizures.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The list includes suicides, drug overdoses and at least one epileptic seizure.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The parent whose epileptic child needs marijuana to calm her seizures.
    — Steven Senne, The Seattle Times, 20 Nov. 2018
  • The sheriff’s office also said the man suffered from epileptic seizures.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Too much excitation and the brain can produce epileptic seizures.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The drug is commonly found in wastewater and is used to treat epileptic seizures and anxiety.
    — Morgan Severson, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Wayne, who is epileptic, has been hospitalized several times over the years due to seizures.
    — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 4 Sep. 2017
  • Rogers, who is epileptic, says the stress of the situation resulted in seizures.
    — Sydney Scott, Essence, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Fintepla is meant to treat a rare epileptic disorder called Dravet syndrome.
    — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Back home, a coworker tended Heil's rescue dog, which is prone to epileptic seizures.
    — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 3 July 2018
  • DeOrsey died of an epileptic seizure two days before his 31st birthday.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 29 May 2017
  • Kelly Lopez cried while saying she was denied an extra bag of ice for her sister, who is epileptic and bedridden.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Layleen Polanco, a young trans Latina, died from an epileptic seizure at Rikers in June.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The study found that a ketogenic diet fed to the epileptic mice who lacked either of these bacterial species failed to inhibit seizures.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 May 2018
  • Local reports said he was believed to have suffered an epileptic seizure while trying to cross the Eburinde River.
    — Fox News, 14 Aug. 2019
  • In 1977, Wesley, a teen-ager, drowned in the family hot tub as a result of an epileptic seizure.
    — Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 28 July 2021
  • These electrodes monitor the brain’s epileptic seizures so the neurosurgeons know where – and where not – to operate.
    — David Caldwell, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The cause was thought to be an epileptic seizure, according to his manager, Jackie Strydom.
    — Alan Cowell, New York Times, 1 June 2023
  • Layleen Polanco, 27, died of an epileptic seizure while in solitary confinement on June 7 of last year.
    — Justin Carissimo, CBS News, 27 June 2020
  • The kick was so hard that Rosales was left with a broken nose and later had an epileptic seizure, according to the complaint filed in federal court.
    — Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2019
  • When the son was 5, epileptic seizures confined his father to a sanitarium and forced him to give up the family’s feed and grain business.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2019
  • And not just sadness but irreparable grief over the death of a beloved brother, Wesley, who drowned at age 15 during an epileptic seizure.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 22 July 2021
  • Eventually, Leila awakens from an epileptic fit to the sound of him playing back her voice messages, and slowly the events that brought her to his rooms are revealed.
    — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Medicine for epilepsy was found in the car and authorities believe the diver suffered an epileptic episode, according to Reuters.
    — Andee Erickson, Time, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Anna, 12, who is disabled and has epileptic convulsions, lies shaking on the chest of her mother, Natalia.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023

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