How to Use resuscitate in a Sentence

resuscitate

verb
  • The patient stopped breathing but doctors were able to resuscitate him.
  • The right thing to do would have been to send the same team to resuscitate him again. ...
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2020
  • 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
  • Although the first responders tried to resuscitate the young girls, they were pronounced dead at the scene.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The nurse alerted the unit and started trying to resuscitate the patient.
    Thalia Beaty, ProPublica, 16 June 2020
  • 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
  • Lemos called an ambulance, but the first responders couldn’t resuscitate the baby.
    Bracey Harris, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The accuser said she had been resuscitated in hospital following the 2020 incident, but had been too afraid to speak out because of Saratat’s link to her ex-husband, who held the rank of police Lt. Colonel.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024

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