How to Use undergo in a Sentence

undergo

verb
  • She will have to undergo an operation.
  • The bar will undergo design changes over the next few months, Smith said.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
  • On the first night of her life, the baby underwent surgery and went on life support.
    Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The aircraft has undergone ground tests, with flight tests expected by the end of the year.
    J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
  • Kate was the only person to vote to end the game, and the other three chose to undergo one last banishment.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The sagging grande dame is undergoing a massive face lift that’s just as much the talk of the town as a George Clooney sighting.
    Carley Thornell, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The question now is when, or if, Herbert will undergo surgery.
    Jay Paris, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Deion Sanders is undergoing more surgeries to treat blood clots in his legs.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
  • They were ordered to undergo treatment to ready them to stand trial.
    Molly Parker, ProPublica, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The Bay Area office market is undergoing seismic shifts in the wake of the coronavirus.
    George Avalos, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Ramirez was rushed to a local hospital and underwent surgery.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Eventually at age 15, Heeren became one of the first teens to undergo weight loss surgery.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Then, a few weeks later, Showtime underwent its own culling.
    R.j. Rico, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • He was rushed to a hospital and underwent emergency surgery for a brain bleed, police said.
    Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Since the time of these ancient skeletons, H. sapiens skeletons have undergone slight shifts.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Steel said the discovery of her brooch’s true cost brought her a great deal of joy after undergoing two years of treatment for breast cancer.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The home has also undergone a $2 million renovation and is ready to roll with a new owner.
    Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Takahashi took time off to undergo brain surgery for a tumor shortly after the song’s release.
    Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Since the late aughts, the city has undergone a culinary renaissance propelled by a cohort of chefs, notably Sean Brock, who brought the farm-to-table movement to new heights.
    Stephanie Burt, Saveur, 8 May 2024
  • The speaker’s husband would go on to spend six days in a San Francisco hospital and undergo surgery for a skull fracture.
    Tim Arango, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Throughout our lifetimes, our bodies undergo a lot of changes.
    Hallie Levine, Health, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has undergone many changes throughout the years.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Firefighter Clint Robinson underwent surgery Feb. 7 and was released from the hospital the next day.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2024
  • John previously underwent hip surgery after suffering a fall in 2021, which forced him to push back many of his tour dates.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Brooks, though, is the future of the backfield, and after undergoing ACL surgery, will be brought along slowly during training camp.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2024
  • The two-mile oval is scheduled to undergo a reconstruction, however, that will reduce it to a half-mile track and could take as long as two years to complete.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Much different:How the IRS operates is about to undergo a major change.
    Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2023
  • Their findings were published in the journal Nature, providing one of the first-ever maps of the changes a pregnant woman’s brain can undergo.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The official said 22 people died at the scene and several of the wounded had to undergo amputations.
    Cara Anna, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Rochette later received samples from the site in question, and found that at least one contained zircon, a mineral that undergoes transformation in the event of a meteor impact.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2024

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