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How to use resuscitate in a sentence

10 example sentences · verb, adjective

Resuscitate means to restore consciousness, vigor, or life to. Example: “An old medical record relates that by means of musk the genital power of a man in his eightieth year was resuscitated.”

Examples of resuscitate by meaning

verbTo restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.

  • to resuscitate a drowned person
  • to resuscitate withered plants
  • An old medical record relates that by means of musk the genital power of a man in his eightieth year was resuscitated.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 160

More sentences with resuscitate

  • Shortly after that three of them died and vets are attempting to resuscitate the other one."2016 May 18, “Three dogs die and seven more ill after drinking from the same Kent lake amid contamination fears”, in The Telegraph. From the entry fit
  • You could not resuscitate the Australian shipping industry with a Packer whacker under Labor.2006, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): House of Representatives, volume 279, page 131. From the entry Packer whacker
  • After reviewing the patient’s case, the ethics consultants advised us to honor the patient’s do not resuscitate (DNR) tattoo.2017 November 30, Gregory E. Holt, Bianca Sarmento, Daniel Kett, Kenneth W. Goodman, “An Unconscious Patient with a DNR Tattoo”, in New…. From the entry DNR
  • At one point I had to be resuscitated and after being resuscitated I found one of the resuscitation discs still on my chest.2022, Jack Woodside, P.O.S.H. Portside Out – Starboard Home My Life Story. From the entry knock on heaven's door
  • Brooklyn's THE BAD SEED getsa potentially dangerous production assist from Virginia boardsman Nottz, who resuscitates the Depression-era chorus technique he laced Busta Rhymes with on "Get Out!!"2000, Vibe, page 169. From the entry boardsman
  • What our analysis has, hopefully, upfronted is the importance to resuscitate the suppressed and silenced voices so as to show the powerful mechanisms of institutional "cases".1997, Christopher Hall et al., “Silent and silenced voices”, in Adam Jaworski, editor, Silence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, →ISBN…. From the entry upfront
  • After his execution he dangled on the gallows for 15 minutes before a soldier cut him down and the crowd tried in vain to resuscitate him.1997, Brian P. Block, John Hostettler, Hanging in the Balance, Waterside Press, page 29. From the entry Deadly Never-Green

Meaning of resuscitate

  1. verb To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
  2. verb To regain consciousness.
  3. adjective Restored to life.

Full definition of resuscitate

Questions about resuscitate in a sentence

How do you use resuscitate in a sentence?
Resuscitate is used as a verb and adjective. For example: “An old medical record relates that by means of musk the genital power of a man in his eightieth year was resuscitated.”
What is a short sentence with resuscitate?
“to resuscitate withered plants”
What does resuscitate mean?
Resuscitate means to restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.

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