How to Use unresponsive in a Sentence
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O’Keefe was found unresponsive in the front yard of the home at 6 a.m.
— Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024 -
The 2-year-old was unresponsive and the dad called 911, Brunenkant said.
— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 10 July 2024 -
The woman was unresponsive at the time and could not be revived.
— Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 5 July 2023 -
The woman was unresponsive, and she was declared dead at the scene.
— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2023 -
The hiker, a 56-year-old woman, was found on the trail unresponsive.
— Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 23 July 2024 -
Firefighters pulled the unresponsive man from the home and performed CPR at the scene.
— Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 -
The meeting comes as Russia has been unresponsive to the U.S.
— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2022 -
The victim was unresponsive and a Code Blue had been called earlier in the night around 8:30 p.m.
— Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2024 -
In the video an officer is seen dragging the man, who looks to be unresponsive.
— Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023 -
The deputy dragged Serna — who appeared to be unresponsive — back inside her cell and left her on the floor.
— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024 -
When briefly asked, James did not speak and appeared to be unresponsive.
— Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 19 Aug. 2022 -
The man was found unresponsive and died at the scene, according to police.
— Martin Weil, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2022 -
Troopers rushed to the site and found the female driver unresponsive.
— Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2023 -
The same goes for devices that have gone missing or those that are unresponsive.
— Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 22 Aug. 2022 -
The two men who went to help looked in the vehicle and found Clayton unresponsive in the driver’s seat with her four children in the back seat.
— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 26 July 2024 -
Early on the morning of Sept. 28, he was found unresponsive in his cell and not breathing.
— Kelly Davis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024 -
The caller told police a man was shot and unresponsive.
— Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2024 -
On May 30, Mohammed awoke to find Fayez limp and unresponsive.
— Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 15 June 2024 -
After 15 long minutes of CPR back at the shore, the unresponsive boy finally had a faint pulse.
— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023 -
Akim twice became unresponsive but fought hard to come back each time.
— Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2022 -
Police and fire medics arrived at the store to find Jenkins unresponsive in the doorway.
— Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 15 Aug. 2022 -
When Scholtes’ wife came home, the girl was found unresponsive and still in the car, which was no longer running and the air condition had turned off, police say.
— Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024 -
Randy had been found unresponsive by his adult children in Chico.
— Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 30 Sep. 2024 -
He was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene, according to the sheriff.
— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024 -
Warwick, 60, put on a pair of gloves and gently collected the unresponsive bats one by one.
— Cathy Free, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2022 -
At 5:28, a dispatcher tells the commander that someone is unresponsive at the day care, and the commander says a boat is on the way.
— Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023 -
The deputies found the unresponsive inmate, pulled him outside of the cell and administered first aid.
— Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 29 June 2024 -
The first woman is walking and sits in the back of the truck; the other two people seem to be unresponsive, but their condition is unknown.
— CBS News, 6 Mar. 2023 -
The shooting victim, whose name was not released, was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.
— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022 -
The actor was found unresponsive and confirmed dead by paramedics around 11:30 a.m.
— Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
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