ventilator

Example Sentences

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The boy suffered cardiac arrest when he was being transferred on the anaesthesiologist's shoulder, disconnected from the ventilator, she told local TVC television channel.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

I have to use a ventilator overnight, when my breathing is more shallow than during the day.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

They may require oxygen or intravenous fluid or even be put on a ventilator to help them breathe, according to the CDC.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

They are costumed as though you asked a coma patient, freshly awake after 20 years on the ventilator, to sketch these ladies from memory.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2025

He was shivering and he wanted above all to shove the books up through the ventilator again, but he knew he could not face Beatty again.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury