How to Use life support in a Sentence

life support

noun
  • She was put on life support.
  • He was removed from life support.
  • The woman was placed on life support and died a week later.
    Fox News, 9 Feb. 2022
  • That leaves Democrats’ hopes of having one or two more victories this election year on life support.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Two days later, Rodriguez watched from behind a glass panel as nurses unplugged his life support.
    Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
  • After a family discussion, taking Hairston off life support was no longer to be considered.
    Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2022
  • The legislative lapse meant bills to oversee hospital management and prescription drug prices will also stay alive, but on life support, for the remainder of the year.
    Mike Deehan, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Wilson eventually stopped eating, suffered a stroke and was put on life support after a series of seizures and liver failure, according to the affidavit.
    Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Firefighter John McMaster was on life support at the hospital as of Monday evening.
    Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Matthew Junzman, a 13-year-old from Oregon, was rushed to Stanford Hospital and placed on life support.
    Kevin Doxzen, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2022
  • McNeil — who was shot by a rookie shadowing the officers — died Jan. 24, and Mora was taken off life support the next day.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Those Bruce Waynes, however, didn’t headline a film two years into a pandemic, with movie theaters on life support and the world rattled further by the gathering storm of war.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
  • He had been hospitalized and was on life support, according to industry officials familiar with the situation.
    NBC News, 15 Mar. 2022
  • How did the tech world’s next big thing end up on life support?
    Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The child was put on life support on May 6 and died two days later, Maj.
    Claudia Dominguez, CNN, 21 Oct. 2022
  • That is when the decision was made to take her off life support.
    David Begnaud, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • By this time, Angela Craig was on life support, and the outlook was grim.
    Sarah Prior, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Box office sales of 3D movies are on life support and have been for some time.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 22 Nov. 2022
  • As a result, the actor was in a coma, on life support, for two weeks.
    Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The young girl was taken off life support just a few days later.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 28 July 2023
  • On Saturday, the 1-year-old boy was put on life support.
    Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Rose played well, but after Trick One, the defense was on life support.
    Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The mother was still on life support when the physician left two weeks later.
    Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Foltz died three days after he was put on life support.
    CBS News, 17 June 2022
  • The next day, Bonham said, the hospital told him the man had been taken off life support.
    Moe Clark, ProPublica, 5 Dec. 2022
  • He was placed on life support for several days and died Jan. 16.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Saturday's loss to Notre Dame has put the Tigers' playoff hopes on life support.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
  • One of her cousin’s injuries left her in a coma and on life support, from which she was soon removed.
    Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • She was almost put on life support, and her family was told to prepare for the worst.
    Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Kennedy and his older siblings flew to California to say goodbye to their father, who was in the hospital on life support.
    Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024

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