How to Use pacemaker in a Sentence

pacemaker

noun
  • And with that, the first implantable pacemaker had its start.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Now with some help from a pacemaker, Packard has slowed down, but isn't quite done yet.
    Lacey Latch, AZCentral.com, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The last pacemaker dropped off at the 25K mark, leaving Kipchoge on his own.
    Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The doctors, in need of a miracle, installed a pacemaker and called a priest to give the child last rites.
    Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
  • In 2016 he was fitted with a pacemaker because of a slow pulse.
    John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The 94-year-old recently had a pacemaker put in his chest.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The mother of two suffered from heart problems and had a pacemaker.
    Michael Roppolo, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The electrodes can remain in place for life, but the pacemaker needs to be replaced every nine years.
    Tasnim Ahmed, CNN, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The researchers formed a ball of cardiac cells to act as a pacemaker and made a bridge of cells that connected the cardiac cells to the flank muscles.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2022
  • If the heart of Japan is in the countryside, then the main island Honshu is its thumping pacemaker.
    David McElhenney, CNN, 27 Dec. 2021
  • At just 27 years old, a pacemaker was implanted in his chest to help with his heart issues.
    Andrea Cavallier, NBC News, 30 May 2021
  • The influx of ions that started in the pacemaker cells could spread to the muscles, driving a contraction.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2022
  • When the twins were two years old, Lily was diagnosed with a third-degree heart block, and received a pacemaker.
    Emily Burack, Town & Country, 26 July 2022
  • But if the pacemaker is just a temporary precaution, it’s all got to come out.
    Max G. Levy, Wired, 16 July 2021
  • He was taken to a hospital and a pacemaker was installed in his heart.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 6 July 2021
  • The 73-year-old was fitted with a pacemaker over the weekend, in his second hospital stay in two weeks.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 24 July 2023
  • Some patients depend on implantable pacemaker-like devices that tell the nerves in the tongue to push it forward.
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • His heart wasn’t beating fast enough, so doctors added a pacemaker.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • When our body temperature warms up, the pacemaker of our heart begins to speed up.
    Emily Shiffer, Men's Health, 13 June 2023
  • New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone took a leave of absence from the team to get a pacemaker and intends to return to work in a few days.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Rubin, who is 78 and has a pacemaker and high blood pressure, credits the vaccine for saving his life.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2021
  • The last pacemaker dropped off at the 25k-mark, leaving Kipchoge on his own, but Belihu remained on his heels.
    CiarÁn Fahey, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
  • That's when the pacemaker could help get them back into a regular cycle.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Attached to the post was a picture of the actor, with his pacemaker depicted as a cartoon ticking bomb atop his chest.
    Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Headphones and earbuds have magnets, so keep them away from your pacemaker.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Fetterman, 53, suffered a stroke last May while running for the Senate and had surgery to implant a pacemaker.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The pacemaker will help to protect his heart and treat the atrial fibrillation that led to his stroke, his campaign said Tuesday.
    Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 17 May 2022
  • Stacy had suffered from heart problems and had a pacemaker.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Pence also took care of a medical problem this month, having a pacemaker installed to deal with a slow heart rate.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Helping a doctor learn how to use a pacemaker or insulin pump is very different from explaining the dosages of a new pill.
    Alicia Diaz, STAT, 9 Apr. 2021

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