How to Use pacemaker in a Sentence

pacemaker

noun

• The signals are to the subway what a pacemaker is to the heart.
  — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 15 June 2017
• Yes, the newest on-the-market pacemaker has just done the trick.
  — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• 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
• Acetylcholine binds to special pacemaker cells to slow the heart rate down.
  — Anne R. Crecelius, The Conversation, 20 June 2019
• 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
• Think of the difference between eyeglasses, which touch the body, and a pacemaker, which lies next to the heart.
  — NBC News, 31 May 2017
• Irwin had to then go through a second surgery to remove the pacemaker, the complaint said.
  — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2024
• The mother of two suffered from heart problems and had a pacemaker.
  — Michael Roppolo, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2021
• Later on, Savtchenko hopes this method can be used to build a better pacemaker.
  — Angela Chen, The Verge, 18 May 2018
• Last year, Netanyahu had surgery to implant a pacemaker in his heart.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2024
• If the sinus node fails there are backup pacemakers that take over.
  — Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2024
• Shae included how the chemo drug weakened her heart enough to need a pacemaker installed at the age of 35.
  — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 29 Sep. 2017
• The electrodes can remain in place for life, but the pacemaker needs to be replaced every nine years.
  — Tasnim Ahmed, CNN, 7 Feb. 2022
• Soon enough, my bill for the pacemaker transplant arrived by mail.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
• 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
• There, Bannister caught the eye of coaches while serving as a pacemaker for a mile race in 1947.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 5 Mar. 2018
• Although the event left her with a lifetime of medication and a pacemaker, Sanders saw the bright side.
  — Nancy Baldwin, Dallas News, 30 June 2020
• 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
• The top women, who were expected to take off at 2:17 pace, opted not to run with the pacemaker, which slowed down the entire field.
  — Johanna Gretschel, Outside Online, 10 May 2019
• 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
• Loretta voices concern for her pacemaker, a ruse to escape Doreen’s hold.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Dec 2024