How to Use stillbirth in a Sentence

stillbirth

noun
  • The birth and stillbirths came at or very close to full term.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Sad to say, Valentine was born Feb. 14 as a stillbirth.
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Her attorneys said the 18-year-old had a stillbirth and didn't know what else to do but bury the child.
    Keith Bierygolick, The Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2020
  • That makes stillbirth is the No. 1 cause of death for children ages 5 and under.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2020
  • There have been 29 live births among those women and one stillbirth.
    oregonlive, 12 May 2020
  • But for years, the U.S. stillbirth crisis has been overlooked.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 28 July 2023
  • The mother survives the shooting and her child’s stillbirth.
    Qanta A. Ahmed, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
  • News about the recent loss of her baby boy, Mason, in a stillbirth at 38 weeks.
    Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Research shows as many as 1 in 4 stillbirths may be preventable.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 12 June 2024
  • Research shows as many as 1 in 4 stillbirths may be preventable.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Also, stillbirth and neonatal death rates were low, the researchers found.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Aagaard stressed that stillbirth due to Covid is rare, but the infection does raise a woman’s risk.
    NBC News, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Becker has been held on $2 million bail since the stillbirth, the AP reported.
    Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2020
  • The spike resulted in 220 stillbirths and infant deaths.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Lungs that float can be an indication of a live birth, while lungs that don’t float may suggest a stillbirth.
    Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2022
  • But doctors and aid groups say miscarriage and stillbirths have spiked.
    Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
  • And the researchers found no racial differences in the number of prenatal care visits or the rate of stillbirths.
    Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Black women also are more than two times as likely to have a stillbirth as white women.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The nation and states often exclude women who have stillbirths from paid leave.
    Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • After Lucerys’ death—on top of her father’s passing and a stillbirth—there is no way Rhaenyra will stay neutral any longer.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Seven of the Oklahoma stillbirth and miscarriage cases were filed in the last two years.
    Cary Aspinwall, al, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Liu Shunzhi, the head of the city’s health commission, apologized for the stillbirth and for wider problems during the lockdown.
    New York Times, 6 Jan. 2022
  • At the time of the stillbirth, the unborn child had reached 30 weeks gestational age, according to Burdo.
    Elliot Lewis, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • After a stillbirth, Gustafson underwent six rounds of IVF before her first child was born.
    Chloe Melas, Cnn, and Video By Frank Fenimore, CNN, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Birth Heat waves have been linked to a higher risk of babies being born premature, as well as stillbirth.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
  • The virus could also increase risks of stillbirth, scientists have warned.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2022
  • In 2015, state law was amended to require that any fetal death past twelve weeks be reported as a stillbirth.
    Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2022
  • The heartbreaking news comes six months after the stillbirth of her son Mason in December.
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022
  • Deaths that occur before birth are referred to as stillbirth or pregnancy loss.
    Ruth Cronin, The Enquirer, 11 July 2024
  • Rhaenyra, who is still recovering from a labor that ended in a stillbirth, is devastated.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024

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