How to Use tetanus in a Sentence

tetanus

noun

• On the one hand, tetanus shots can stay durable for over 30 years.
  — Dr. Genevieve Yang, ABC News, 3 June 2022
• The infirmary staff patched up my wounds and threw in a free tetanus shot.
  — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• The vaccines are given in your arm like a flu or tetanus shot.
  — Korin Miller, Health.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• They were all treated for rabies, in case of bats in the cave, and tetanus, and set up with IV drips.
  — Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 10 July 2018
• At the next practice, Jones impaled his left hand on the screw and needed a tetanus shot.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 22 June 2023
• If only there were a way to save money and avoid risking tetanus.
  — Julia Black, Bon Appetit, 19 July 2017
• They were all treated for rabies — in case there were bats in the cave — as well as tetanus, and they were given IV drips.
  — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018
• My mother made me get a tetanus shot, and the whole incident was all but the end of my fishing career.
  — Heather Radke, Longreads, 16 June 2018
• Of these, the most common are measles, mumps, rubella, polio, flu, smallpox and tetanus.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021
• She was given a tetanus shot and prescribed antibiotics, the records show.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2024
• He was sent home with a tetanus shot and antibiotics, but the injury got worse over the next few days, becoming red, swollen and painful to the touch.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 9 June 2023
• The mother of the other boy took her son to a doctor, who administered a tetanus shot.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 27 Mar. 2020
• His brother John had died, suddenly, of tetanus in 1842.
  — R.h. Lossin, The New York Review of Books, 4 Sep. 2020
• Botox is similar to the toxin at work in a tetanus infection.
  — Fabian Schmidt, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2018
• The vaccines are given in the arm like a flu or tetanus vaccine; rabies vaccines are not given in the stomach, the CDC said.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al.com, 1 July 2019
• When the school abruptly closed — John died of tetanus at 26 after nicking himself with a razor — Thoreau kept the desk.
  — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 1 June 2017
• And adults should get booster shots to protect against tetanus and diphtheria every 10 years or so.
  — Donavyn Coffey, SELF, 21 May 2021
• Lockjaw was a bum suffering from tetanus, staying in a flop in Pittsburgh.
  — Justin Beal, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
• John Roebling, who was chief engineer and had designed the project, died of tetanus about a month after his foot injury.
  — cleveland, 18 Feb. 2021
• Her third child, Sarah, while recovering, stepped on a nail and needed a tetanus booster.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 9 July 2021
• Not everyone can get the Tdap vaccine as their booster shot for tetanus instead.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
• More than 270 million Americans received a Tdap vaccine against tetanus and diptheria in the same time frame.
  — Jake Zuckerman, The Enquirer, 20 Aug. 2020
• Our world-renowned hospital has plenty of tetanus shots on standby.
  — Joseph Goodman, AL.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• All family members should also record the date of their last tetanus-diphtheria shot in this record as well.
  — Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• A dog belonging to one of the Shafiroffs’ daughters bit Ms. Kennedy’s finger, drawing blood and requiring a tetanus shot.
  — Ben Widdicombe, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2017
• Having received a tetanus shot for her koala bite – a rare injury even in Australia – Windsor watched as Knights opened the cage and Trent bounded up a tree.
  — Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 28 Sep. 2024
• Centra Care has also given about 20% more tetanus shots than the week before the hurricane.
  — Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2022
• People need to get a flu shot every year, and tetanus shots require a booster, so the need for booster shots is routine, Allan said.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2021
• Growing up in postwar Italy at age 12, Luciano Pavarotti fell ill with tetanus and sank into a coma for two weeks.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 4 June 2019
• Babies are given the DTaP vaccine, which helps protect against three diseases: pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024