How to Use stethoscope in a Sentence

stethoscope

noun
  • Bowen, his middle son, checked his dad's heart with a toy stethoscope.
    — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 17 Nov. 2020
  • All three stars were in costume in white lab coats with stethoscopes around their necks.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Add a personal touch to their stethoscope with a tiny name tag.
    — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Sircar held the stethoscope against him to listen to his breaths.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Haley showed up in a full nurse’s get-up with smock and plastic stethoscope.
    — Sherry Mendelson, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The stethoscope and the lesson plan are already here.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • With the stethoscope, the doctor can hear in real time the child's heart and lungs.
    — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Some young people dressed in scrubs moved between rooms with stethoscopes slung around their necks.
    — Washington Post, 15 May 2018
  • Her doll has long, brown hair and wears a white doctor’s coat, blue scrubs, a stethoscope and a tiny mask.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Two stethoscopes hang on the wall by the door, next to a poster about how to aid a choking victim.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • That their work lies at the intersection of the stethoscope and the pen.
    — Sayantani Dasgupta february 24, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
  • His tiny exam room has only a stethoscope and blood pressure gauge.
    — Raja Abdulrahim, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The woman with the stethoscope blamed it all on Betty’s high fever.
    — Niran Al-Agba, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2022
  • There were people in production to make sure that our stethoscope was in the right place.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The use of paper led to his wooden monaural stethoscope, which was meant for one ear.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Karen checked the stethoscope and put it to Emily’s stomach again.
    — Keith Gessen, The Cut, 15 June 2018
  • The doctor leans in to lay the cold diaphragm of her stethoscope against your daughter’s back.
    — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Naseem checked Jawad’s heartbeat with a stethoscope, then closed his eyelids.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2017
  • By the show's ninth and final season, the cast of Scrubs was more than ready to hang up their stethoscopes.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The stethoscope might not be broken, but the human doing the counting might space out and miss a beat.
    — Andrea Jones-Rooy, Quartz, 24 July 2019
  • He was surprised by the sudden clarity of the heart sounds, and the first stethoscope was born.
    — Joshua Hutcheson, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Dean said after the couple were able to listen to Colton’s heart through a stethoscope.
    — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2019
  • Ten minutes later, John put his stethoscope in his ears and listened to his mom's chest.
    — Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2021
  • Within minutes, the guy was choking the doctor with his own stethoscope.
    — WSJ, 28 July 2022
  • Diaphragm types The diaphragm is the hard, round piece at the end of the stethoscope tube, which picks up sound.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • One for dirty hospital items such as her ID badge, pager, phone and a stethoscope.
    — Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2020
  • That's where the new electronic stethoscope is intended to come in.
    — New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The caretaker listened to the dog’s heart with a stethoscope, poked it once in the eye, then pronounced it dead.
    — Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The teen girl told her mother that Earla had put the stethoscope on her breasts instead of above her breasts.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Routine heart checks with a stethoscope sometimes pick up a heart murmur, which can be a telling sign of heart valve disease.
    — Susan Peschin, Orange County Register, 20 Feb. 2017

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