How to Use resuscitate in a Sentence
resuscitate
verb- The patient stopped breathing but doctors were able to resuscitate him.
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The agents were able to resuscitate the mother and the younger child, a 3-year-old boy.
— BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2021 -
Medics tried to resuscitate him but were not able to do so.
— Washington Post, 23 June 2021 -
The officers place him on the floor and try to resuscitate him.
— Washington Post, 2 June 2021 -
Clark dashed back into the house to call 911, returned, and tried to resuscitate her with CPR.
— Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2022 -
Kaberle arrived with the highest profile of the three and was pegged as the guy to resuscitate a stale power play and be the piece to put the team over the top.
— Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023 -
Also taking the stand were the two paramedics and a fire captain who tried to resuscitate Floyd.
— Chao Xiong, Star Tribune, 1 Apr. 2021 -
Alissa was resuscitated five times in the last three weeks of her life.
— Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023 -
The medics were able to resuscitate him and get him to a hospital for treatment, Kane said.
— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024 -
The women rushed inside the house, where the nurse tried to resuscitate Adam Janus and the other called for an ambulance.
— Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022 -
Kevin Pritchard is a man fighting to save face and resuscitate a franchise.
— BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2021 -
Deputies began to try to resuscitate the child using the Narcan nasal spray.
— Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 27 Oct. 2021 -
The first responders pulled the woman from the pool, but were unable to resuscitate her, Keller said.
— Michael Donohue, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2021 -
He was partially buried and attempts were made to resuscitate him but Brien died at the scene.
— CBS News, 23 Feb. 2021 -
The falafel project is an attempt to resuscitate that business.
— BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023 -
Street medics attempted to resuscitate Munera, but the wound in his neck was too severe.
— Wil Sands, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2023 -
Davis was removed from the water, and his friends tried to resuscitate him, the sheriff’s office said.
— oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2020 -
When the child stopped breathing en route, Overton tried to resuscitate him.
— John MacCormack, ExpressNews.com, 9 Dec. 2020 -
Members of his group pulled him out of the water and began CPR, but he could not be resuscitated.
— Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2023 -
That was the start of a nomadic journey that has left him trying to resuscitate his NBA career.
— Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2021 -
This helps restore and resuscitate a franchise that was lagging the last few years.
— Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023 -
The actor’s heart stopped for five minutes, and doctors broke eight of his ribs trying to resuscitate him.
— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2022 -
First responders were able to free the child but could not resuscitate him, the AP reported.
— Amanda Maile, ABC News, 20 July 2021 -
At one point during the broadcast, there were attempts to resuscitate a man in red clothing who had passed out.
— Stephanie Busari, CNN, 18 Nov. 2020 -
Having to remove the hobble so that the paramedics could work on him could have delayed their efforts to resuscitate him.
— Steve Karnowski, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021 -
Officers were unable to resuscitate Thompson in the cell, where he’d been held for around three months.
— Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023 -
Gulf Shores Fire Rescue were unable to resuscitate the victim and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
— Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 25 May 2023 -
Stede finds him there and tries to resuscitate him, and Blackbeard senses his presence.
— Laura Zornosa, TIME, 5 Oct. 2023 -
Upon the birth of the child, the newborn's heartbeat was reportedly low and continued to decrease, which led medical staff to attempt to stabilize and later resuscitate the child for about one hour.
— Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2024 -
While many people nearby stepped in to try to free the girl after the sand hole collapsed, local firefighters couldn’t arrive until several minutes after the incident – too late to resuscitate the victim.
— Stephen P. Leatherman, The Conversation, 9 July 2024
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