How to Use intensive care in a Sentence

intensive care

noun
  • Her condition will require intensive care.
  • At less than 2 months old, he was sent to the intensive care unit.
    — Rosemary Westwood, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
  • One of them, a British man, is in intensive care.
    — ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • Many of the patients who died were in the intensive care unit.
    — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Sep. 2022
  • For the first time, there will be a neonatal intensive care unit.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 21 Nov. 2024
  • His last few weeks were spent in an intensive care unit, mostly asleep.
    — Andrew Lampert, Artforum, 1 May 2025
  • The first few weeks of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit were tough.
    — Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Her father, who had just had open heart surgery, was in the intensive care unit.
    — Laura Kwerel, NPR, 19 June 2024
  • Some of his time in the hospital was spent in the intensive care unit.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Bishop spent two days in intensive care and was back home after five days.
    — Tom Burrows, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Pretti was an intensive care unit nurse.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Hal stayed in the intensive care unit, expecting a long wait for a heart.
    — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • She was moved to the intensive care unit nearly a week after the surgery.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Two months later, a blood clot in her thigh landed her in the intensive care unit.
    — Jeff Horwitz, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2021
  • His twin, Ali, is fighting for his life in the intensive care unit.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Rathore compared the cost of vaccines to the cost of intensive care.
    — Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
  • For the next six years, their home served as a personal intensive care unit.
    — Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In most countries, she’d be rushed to a neonatal intensive care unit.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Three people are dead, and two others are in intensive care.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • After four days in intensive care, the scans showed there was nothing more that could be done.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • In the intensive care unit later that day, Kriewaldt’s heart stopped again.
    — jsonline.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Kaity has been moved out of the intensive care unit and is waiting to begin treatment.
    — Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • He was tested in South Africa and is in intensive care there.
    — Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • The girl has since been moved out of intensive care, according to the outlet.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The passenger was confirmed to have the virus and is in intensive care.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 7 May 2026
  • Doctors kept him overnight and then admitted him to the intensive care unit.
    — New York Times, 8 July 2022
  • Some planes get brought here for a checkup, others for intensive care or storage.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
  • Norris is in the intensive care unit waiting for a heart transplant.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2026
  • One patient is in intensive care in South Africa.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
  • Thompson spent the first part of her life in the neonatal intensive care unit, cared for by nurses.
    — Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024

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