How to Use hospitalize in a Sentence

hospitalize

verb
  • The doctor wants to hospitalize her for a few days so that he can run some tests.
  • Cramer said that he was hospitalized at the time.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • He was hospitalized for a time but has since been released.
    — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Kids hospitalized for long stretches get to know the dogs well.
    — Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
  • Kids hospitalized for long stretches get to know the dogs well.
    — Laura Ungar, Fortune, 23 May 2026
  • Within a week, three of them were dead, and one was hospitalized.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Around the same time, her mother was hospitalized for a seizure.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
  • She was hospitalized for a total of five weeks.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Both men remain hospitalized, and no charges have been filed.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 6 Apr. 2023
  • All of the children who got sick were hospitalized.
    — CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • One died from her injuries and one was hospitalized.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • People always knew a bad case of the flu could hospitalize or even kill them.
    — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The fall took a major toll on Eva and left her hospitalized.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Ogilvie, a man in his 40s, was hospitalized with deep cuts to his head, face and back.
    — ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • Eighteen of those who fell ill were hospitalized.
    — CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Two of the six were hospitalized for treatment.
    — Matt Gutman, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Three people were hospitalized and two face charges.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • When he was first hospitalized a month ago, the 2 ½-year-old was fighting for his life.
    — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Among those who make it to the hospital, one-third die while hospitalized.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
  • One man’s hands were zip-tied and he was hospitalized after struggling to breathe.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • At least four people are dead, and nearly two dozen were hospitalized.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Three of them were overcome and died, while two were injured and hospitalized.
    — Jack Dura, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Of those, seven were hospitalized, and one died.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • The gunman is alive but injured and was hospitalized, the sources added.
    — CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • She was hospitalized for two weeks and underwent open heart surgery.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The artist was then hospitalized.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The then-high school freshman spent four months hospitalized in a large ward with other kids, some in iron lungs.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • About 1 in 5 need to be hospitalized.
    — Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Allen was not struck by gunfire but was also hospitalized.
    — Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Lilyanna told her plans to a therapist who called for help and the teen was hospitalized.
    — Meena Duerson, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026

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