How to Use preemie in a Sentence

preemie

noun

• For 2 years, his team will track the microbiomes and health of the preemies.
  — Marla Broadfoot, Science | AAAS, 5 Apr. 2018
• Her dolls vary in size, from a preemie that's a few pounds to one about the size of a 6- or 9-month-old that's 12½ pounds.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
• Now, however, there's some very good news on the preemie front.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 June 2017
• But Take Note: Assembly can be tricky and the seat may be too large for preemies and small babies.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 7 Mar. 2024
• But Take Note: Assembly can be tricky and the seat may be too large for preemies and small babies.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 16 June 2023
• The brand's sleepwear is available in sizes ranging from preemie to 10.
  — Amy Stanford, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
• Beatrix Quidort was a micro-preemie -- one pound, five ounces at birth.
  — CBS News, 23 Dec. 2018
• My parents moved in with us from China to help take care of the twins since they were born as preemies and required a lot of extra care.
  — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE.com, 27 June 2019
• Perry depends on the preemie diapers at Bread for the City.
  — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021
• The brand offers two categories of preemie clothes: NICU preemie up to 5 pounds and preemie up to 6 pounds.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 18 May 2024
• Baby Connor was born a tiny preemie in July, weighing just 11 ounces — about the size of a human heart and lighter than a can of soda.
  — Cathy Free, The Seattle Times, 12 Apr. 2019
• Here’s her story… I was born three months premature in 1978, when the chances of preemies surviving was very rare.
  — Kr Liu and Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 13 Feb. 2024
• But who speaks for preemies like these in the age of multiplying multiple births?
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Mar. 1998
• The black-and-white portrait of her being held between two hands in the NICU, at 28 weeks and 2.2 pounds, became famous and inspired parents with preemies all over the world.
  — Elyse Roth, Redbook, 24 May 2017
• The black-and-white portrait of her being held between two hands in the NICU, at 28 weeks and 2.2 pounds, became famous and inspired parents with preemies all over the world.
  — Elyse Roth, Redbook, 24 May 2017
• None of this means that extreme preemies aren't at a disadvantage from the beginning of life.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 June 2017
• More recently, the group has been knitting hats for preemie babies and small blankets for those mourning the loss of a baby.
  — courant.com, 20 June 2019
• Henry, who is nonverbal, was born a preemie at 29 weeks and with cerebral palsy.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 2 June 2020
• None of the lights are in the direct view of the baby because preemies have very thin eyelids and cannot turn over or otherwise turn away from an unpleasant light source.
  — Barbara Sadick, WSJ, 25 June 2017
• But this is not an option for up to 40% of preemies in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) around the world whose mothers can’t breastfeed for health reasons.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz Africa, 13 Aug. 2019
• Choose from nine different outfit options and nearly 20 sizes, all from preemie to 12 months.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
• Stensrud wants this to provide hope for mothers of preemies who may not think resuscitation is worth the risk.
  — Samantha Brodsky, Good Housekeeping, 10 Nov. 2017
• Windsor and her mother created tiny Halloween costumes, from Superman to Yoda, and brought them in for the preemies in the unit.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2017
• One such sideshow was on New York's Coney Island, where guests paid 25 cents to see preemies dressed in oversized outfits cinched at the waist with a ribbon to emphasize their smallness.
  — Maria Carter, Country Living, 1 May 2017
• My goal is to impart this knowledge with other preemie families out there.
  — Amy Shoenthal, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• This is because weight can vary a hundredfold from preemies to teenagers versus perhaps fivefold among adults.
  — Richard Klasco, New York Times, 8 June 2018
• Now the adorable Cincinnati Zoo resident who survived the odds as a preemie and is now healthy and heading towards her first birthday on Jan. 24 is getting a sweet honor.
  — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 4 Jan. 2018
• Volunteers spend up to four hours holding, rocking and reading to preemies in the neonatal intensive care unit.
  — USA TODAY, 22 June 2017
• When they’re born too soon, doctors hook preemies to ventilators to keep them alive but risking lifelong lung damage.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2017
• In the neonatal intensive-care unit, interventions are often grouped together and done at the same time, so preemies are allowed to rest.
  — Lisa Ward, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2017

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024