How to Use ventilator in a Sentence

ventilator

noun
  • The patient was put on a ventilator.
  • In the final days of her life, she was kept alive by a ventilator.
    — Ashley Vega, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Wilkins on the other hand was placed on a ventilator for a week.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Once on the ventilator, many will not regain enough strength to breathe on their own.
    — Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The page said, at one point, Watkins was placed on a ventilator.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
  • His wife, Jane, went on a ventilator, then off, then back on again.
    — New York Times, 15 Nov. 2020
  • He was then placed on ventilator.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Camila spent the next three days on a ventilator.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • The pope is not attached to a ventilator but is still struggling to breathe.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 22 Feb. 2025
  • A week after that, she was put on a ventilator in a last-ditch effort to save her life.
    — Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Matthews was in the hospital for three weeks, and on a ventilator six days.
    — CBS News, 12 July 2020
  • He was placed on a ventilator for a while as Hennessy worked back from the surgery.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Her heart rate and blood pressure dropped, and the doctors put her on a ventilator.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Heche had suffered burns that required the use of a ventilator to breathe.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Unable to breathe on his own, Paul was put on a ventilator.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
  • For the first month of his life, Zion was on a ventilator, fighting to live.
    — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 7 May 2021
  • Rushdie was on a ventilator, unable to speak.
    — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Noah later learned that his younger brother broke both arms, both legs and was on a ventilator.
    — Sam Gillette, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Then, someone removes the tube from her ventilator and points it at the dessert, which blows it out.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Gould spent the next two days in a coma in the intensive care unit, on a ventilator.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The tube connects to a ventilator, a machine that pushes air in and out of the lungs.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Lotte was able to come off the ventilator last Monday and came home later in the week.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Miller’s body was kept alive on a ventilator in the ICU for two months.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
  • In truth, he’s just been taken off the ventilator and resumed breathing on his own.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The coach was on a ventilator for a day but is now recovering with no long-term effects.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
  • Sierra had a severe case and, at the time, was in the intensive care unit hooked up to a ventilator.
    — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Her breathing must be supported with the ventilator at all times.
    — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • He was paralyzed from the neck down and would likely need a ventilator for the rest of his life, the report said.
    — Fox News, 23 July 2021
  • Many parents were faced with the choice of staying up all night to monitor a ventilator, or risk the death of a child.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In severe cases, some patients need to be put on a ventilator to survive.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 19 Mar. 2026

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