How to Use intubate in a Sentence

intubate

verb
  • While he was still intubated last May, a nurse gave him a pen to write a note.
    — Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Three of the four had been intubated for long periods of time.
    — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • He was also intubated for about two weeks.
    — Abigail Adams, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Owen dives into trauma mode and saves the man's life by intubating him through his chest with a scalpel.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • But there were still airway issues, so he was intubated again.
    — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
  • He was intubated for more than seven weeks and had a tracheotomy.
    — Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2025
  • Hussey said as of Sunday, she was intubated.
    — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Hussey said as of Sunday, she was intubated.
    — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • He was intubated, and his doctors were concerned about his vital signs.
    — Laura Kwerel, NPR, 19 June 2024
  • Rosling knew her mother wanted to fight to stay alive and gave doctors permission to intubate her.
    — Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 7 Sep. 2022
  • John was intubated and hooked up to a machine to take over his breathing while doctors worked to figure out what was wrong.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 27 July 2024
  • Hylton was pronounced dead less than two hours after he was intubated, the report said.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The EMTs tried to intubate him but could not insert the breathing tube.
    — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2021
  • When her breathing became more of an issue, Iris was whisked away and intubated.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
  • One of them was intubated at the intensive care unit and nearly died from his injuries, police said.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • She had been intubated to help with her breathing and given antibiotics.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Abbot volunteers to go with him since he’s intubated.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • So the director had to choose to extubate an older patient in order to intubate the younger one.
    — Stephen Collinson and Caitlin Hu, CNN, 30 Mar. 2021
  • He was intubated, but he could not be resuscitated, and he was pronounced dead.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
  • There was the 21-year-old woman who was paralyzed and intubated.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Police said the unidentified man was intubated for roughly five days.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Doctors dried and intubated her, wrapped her and placed her under a radiant warmer to try to keep her organs from shutting down.
    — Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2023
  • One of the victims, the adult, had a brush with death, and had to be intubated at a hospital, authorities said.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
  • Her hospital didn’t have the equipment to intubate him, so Araújo prescribed an opioid.
    — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The baby began having seizures and was intubated.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
  • At least one was later intubated and airlifted to a burn center for specialty care.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2024
  • His esophagus had ripped; he was intubated and spent 23 days in the hospital.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Such non-invasive treatment, Faust said, could be because a patient does not need or want to be intubated.
    — Antonia Mortensen, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
  • According to the ministry, the patient was in the intensive care unit and was intubated.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • He has been intubated and is in very critical condition, but stable.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026

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