hospitalize

Example Sentences

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When he gets unruly, they discharge or hospitalize him.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2024

The girl’s mother had previously told The Associated Press that agents had repeatedly ignored her pleas to hospitalize her medically fragile daughter, who had a history of heart problems and sick cell anemia.

From Washington Times • May 21, 2023

Adams announced a plan in November to hospitalize some severely mentally ill people involuntarily, citing the city’s “moral obligation to act.”

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

The Justice Department is pursuing investigations in a handful of states, probing whether they hospitalize too many people that could benefit from less drastic measures.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023

I cannot get her out of this steel block unless I hospitalize her, perhaps operate.

From Sinister Paradise by Williams, Robert Moore