How to Use feeding tube in a Sentence

feeding tube

noun
  • With the machine running, add the olive oil through the feed tube in a very thin stream.
    Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2019
  • For Chase and his dad, though, that feeding tube is a badge of a warrior.
    Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 23 May 2017
  • Turn machine on and pour half the liquid through feed tube.
    ExpressNews.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The day of his discharge, a nurse broke his feeding tube and replaced it with one that didn't work right.
    Ann Gorewitz, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Genevieve George, a feeding tube in her nose, smiled as teammates hugged her and told her how much she was missed.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Marsha has a scar on her hip from a dog bite as a child and a scar on her stomach from a feeding tube.
    Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The payoff would be big: the removal of his feeding tube and the return to a normal diet.
    Anna Kuchment, Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Marsha has a scar on her hip from a dog bite as a child and has a scar on her stomach from a feeding tube.
    NBC News, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Medics would roughly insert a feeding tube up his nose and down his throat.
    New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The man led her back out to the yard where the woman had just caught another duck and was stuffing the feeding tube down its throat.
    Mathias Énard, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
  • With the blender running, slowly pour 1/4 cup oil through the feed tube until combined.
    Kate Merker, Country Living, 10 Aug. 2018
  • With the machine running, slowly pour in half of the coconut oil through the feed tube; then half of the lemon juice; and then the remaining half of each.
    Wolfgang Puck, Twin Cities, 26 June 2019
  • Her husband sought to remove the feeding tube, while her parents fought to keep her alive.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Mix the water and vinegar together, and add the mixture through the feed tube of the food processor.
    Wolfgang Puck, Twin Cities, 12 June 2019
  • With the blender running at the highest speed, drizzle the olive oil through the feed tube until emulsified.
    Joe Yonan, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The scientists fed a slurry of feces to the old mice using a feeding tube twice a week for 8 weeks.
    Rachel Fritts, Science | AAAS, 9 Aug. 2021
  • With the motor running, drop 1 large shallot, peeled, and 1 clove garlic, peeled, into the feed tube and whiz.
    Lisa Futterman, chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • What happens when Dad doesn’t want a feeding tube, or doesn’t want one anymore?
    Ron Lieber, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • In one video, a woman stands in her kitchen and lifts the hem of her sweatshirt to reveal a feeding tube sitting just above her navel.
    WIRED, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The authorities force-fed her through a feeding tube, her lawyers said.
    Vivian Wang, New York Times, 13 May 2024
  • Mitchell’s son, Brantley, had open-heart surgery when he was born due to a defect and was taken home with IVs and feeding tubes.
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  • Sutton would need round-the-clock dialysis and a feeding tube to survive.
    Bernice Yeung, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Gerlach, who is in poor health, uses a wheelchair and feeding tube.
    Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 27 June 2023
  • Every 7 days one of them enters a coma, kept alive through a feeding tube, while the other roams free.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • In the emergency room, when a nurse put a feeding tube up his nose, blood started gushing out.
    Bernice Yeung, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Memphis police described her as 3 feet tall with a feeding tube on the left side of her stomach.
    Ashley Paige, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
  • Ronan and Keaton curl up on a couch and love seat while Pandya changes her husband’s shirt and pours medicine into his feeding tube.
    Tom Murphy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The drug comes in a powder that is dissolved in water and can be swallowed or given through a feeding tube.
    Laurie McGinley, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Sep. 2022
  • After weeks in the hospital, Maysen relies on a feeding tube to eat and has lost 25% of his body weight.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • With processor running, add butter pieces through feed tube, a piece at a time.
    Terri Milligan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2018

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