How to Use rescue in a Sentence

rescue

verb
  • The survivors were rescued by the Coast Guard.
  • In fact, the Houthis may well have been rescued—not for the first time—by a bizarre twist of fate.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Rotem’s phone was down to a 4% charge when he was rescued.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Three cats were rescued from the blaze, the release said.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2023
  • Bags were dropped, keys fumbled for, and the ring was rescued.
    Erika Veurink, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Four women and two men between the ages of 20 and 40 were rescued from the water.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
  • The woman, who is from Guinea, was rescued, in shock, but the baby died, Rai said.
    Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Can the kids become spies themselves in time to rescue their parents and save the world?
    Joey Morona, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The boy was chest deep in the sand before firefighters were able to rescue him.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Maybe clichés were there to rescue us from the strongest emotions.
    Jessica Francis Kane, Harper's Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Lifeguards swam to the plane to rescue the pilot, and the plane was later dragged onto the beach.
    Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
  • All the while in the hopes that eventually some grown-ups will come to rescue them.
    William Earl, Variety, 5 Dec. 2022
  • All of the hostages were safely rescued, the bureau said, and no FBI agents were injured.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Shortly after the man was rescued, the cab was engulfed in flames.
    Anna Pearson, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2024
  • When Floyd is kidnapped, Poppy and Branch rescue him, and reunite all of the brothers in the process.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Martin: This one time where there was a rescue male who had been rescued from the wild....
    Shayla Love, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Eight people were rescued in the first 24 hours after the collapse.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 12 June 2023
  • Such a body could help rescue the world from its most extreme instincts.
    Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The forest department rescued the cub the next day and released it after dark near the well.
    Vidya Athreya, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The footage shows Kinley grappling with whether to put himself back in harm’s way to rescue Ahmed.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The musical tells the story of a missing Santa Claus and the girls who rescue him.
    Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Of an eight-man maintenance crew, six were killed, and two were rescued from the river.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 May 2024
  • To rescue Ukraine, Putin argued, Russian troops had once again been dispatched to save the world from Nazis.
    Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2023
  • In all, more than 250 people are rescued from the Grand Canyon each year, according to data from the park.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The four others were found uninjured and were rescued from the water, the report said.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • These all played into this idea of this little girl who needed to be rescued.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The person who had fallen into the water was rescued, but the boat was still out in the bay unattended.
    Kyle Melnick, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The other adult was rescued from the water and is in stable condition.
    Kye Graves, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
  • The genius of Wesker’s play rescues the liberalism of La Cocina.
    Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
  • After the creature kidnaps a young girl, her family sets out to rescue her, leading to an unpredictable adventure.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024

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