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
  • There have been 29 live births among those women, and one stillbirth.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 11 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
  • Within five years, the stillbirth rate in Iowa dropped by a whopping 28 percent.
    Gillian Brockell, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2019
  • There were 22 stillbirths or neonatal deaths because of syphilis last year, the report said.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2019
  • In 2009, Hofeller had a pregnancy that ended in a stillbirth.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 13 July 2019
  • 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
  • Some racial and ethnic groups are at higher risk for stillbirths and newborn deaths.
    Mark Lieber, CNN, 14 May 2018
  • A 19-year-old rape victim in El Salvador is sentenced to 30 years in prison for having a stillbirth.
    Araceli Cruz, Teen Vogue, 7 July 2017
  • 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 habit also increases the risk of stillbirth by nearly 50%.
    Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2019
  • 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
  • Research indicates that sleeping on your back after 28 weeks of pregnancy (the start of the third trimester) can double your risk of stillbirth.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
  • People whose pregnancies end in stillbirths, have much higher risk for postpartum depression.
    Emotivo Health, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024

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