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How to use ward in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Ward means a warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman. Example: “On our last visit to Tokyo, we went to Chiyoda ward and visited the Emperor’s palace.”

Examples of ward by meaning

nounAn area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.

  • With the castle so crowded, the outer ward had been given over to guests to raise their tents and pavilions, leaving only the smaller inner yards for training.2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “Sansa [Stark]”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager...

nounAn administrative division of a borough, city or council.

  • On our last visit to Tokyo, we went to Chiyoda ward and visited the Emperor’s palace.

nounA part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.

  • Since sick people were apt to be present, he could not always depend on a lively young crowd in the same ward with him, and the entertainment was not always good.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168

nounA minor looked after by a guardian.

  • After the trial, little Robert was declared a ward of the state.
  • Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

More sentences with ward

  • He sought the help of an alchemist regarding remedies to ward off the eye.From the entry eye
  • Such anecdotes give one a taste of life on a trauma ward.From the entry taste
  • The patient was given a disposition for outpatient care, as ward admission was not indicated.From the entry disposition
  • In the wilderness, a brimmed hat will ward off heat stroke for a while.From the entry brimmed
  • Part of the ward was screened off for the privacy of patients.From the entry screen off
  • The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward.From the entry nurse
  • He raised his arms to ward off the attack.From the entry ward off
  • He wore garlic to ward off vampires.From the entry ward off
  • He had to be involuntarily committed to the psych ward.From the entry psych
  • Ventilating is just as important as heating and cooling to the health of our patients in the respiratory ward.From the entry ventilating
  • I say, I say, I say! Did you hear the one about the nun in a maternity ward?From the entry I say
  • During my stay in the high dependency ward I also knocked on heaven's door.2022, Jack Woodside, P.O.S.H. Portside Out – Starboard Home My Life Story. From the entry knock on heaven's door
  • Before I can enter the ward where he lies, I need to mask up.2021, Rachel Clarke, Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a Time of Pandemic, London: Little, Brown, →ISBN, page unknown. From the entry mask up
  • This ‘baptism of fireworks’ is supposed to ward off troubles and bring good fortune for the year.2016, “FESTIVALS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!”, in Travel Weekly. From the entry Yanshuei
  • Her robes shimmered with wards of unsight stitched in electrum thread.2013, Peter V. Brett, The Daylight War - Page 566. From the entry unsight
  • Ward, a musician based in Portland, Ore., whose quiet troubadourism sells out midsize clubs, are not unknown.2008 April 16, Melena Ryzik, “On a New Album, Not Merely Acting Like a Singer”, in New York Times. From the entry troubadourism
  • Chasing after the stories about those girls in the ward made me itchy and restless.2003, Siri Hustvedt, What I Loved, London: Hodder & Stoughton, Part 1, p. 89. From the entry itchy
  • The woman in question came to the maternity ward and went door-to-door until she found DW.1998 March 18, Roy, “Re: Hubby's pregnancy experience?”, in misc.kids (Usenet). From the entry stalkette
  • Alderman Richard Mell then pushed through antipeddling ordinances in the 33rd and 47th wards.1997 May 9, Neal Pollack, “The Pushcart War”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry ordinance
  • Ward sister tell me 'e'll be alright but not for a while yet.1993, Arnold Wesker, Bluey. From the entry cocker
  • From the ward, the nurses communicate with the HIS through a telestation.1992, Rudi van de Velde, Hospital information systems: the next generation. From the entry telestation
  • Hundreds of people slept on the ground, wrapped in heavy blankets to ward off cold.1990 April 27, “BIG QUAKE KILLS 115 PEOPLE IN CENTRAL CHINA”, in The Washington Post, sourced from Associated Press, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Hainan
  • This recognition is our apotropaion, that is, our warding off of fear.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae. From the entry apotropaion
  • Females are organized into coteries, coteries into wards, and wards into a colony.1990, Felix Breden, Glenn Hausfater, “Selection Within and Between Social Groups for Infanticide”, in American Naturalist, volume 136…. From the entry wardwide
  • Use it with an antibug candle and it wards off pests while it lights your patio.1972, The Popular Science Monthly. From the entry antibug
  • This coat is lined with black nutria, to ward off the chillth.1960, The New Yorker - Volume 36, Part 4, page 148. From the entry chillth
  • "I got some treatment at the Emergency ward and came home.1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 85. From the entry to hell and gone
  • At the far end of the wide corridor were the doors of a ward.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 19. From the entry oval
  • This Zenobia ("Nobby") Hopwood was old Worplesdon's ward, as I believe it is called.1946, P. G. Wodehouse, Joy in the Morning, Overlook Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 12. From the entry Zenobia
  • These injuries were probably sustained in attempting to ward off the blow of the naboot.1922, Walter Libby, The history of medicine in its salient features, page 12. From the entry naboot
  • The last place he showed me was an empty ward, once used as a Nightingale ward for Covid.2026 January 8, Ayshah Till, “Inside NHS hospital at 96% capacity as new report warns of ‘overcrowding’ amid flu admissions rise”, in…. From the entry nightingale
  • And, any hope for nurturing a May to September-style romance at my age would require me to stalk a geriatric ward.2025 May 24, Jo Ellison, “The exquisite cringe of the age-gap romance”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times…. From the entry May-September romance
  • Feelings of exhaustion and depression set in and users seek more uppers to ward off what’s known as a “crash”.2024 April 10 [2020 August 27], Nick B., “Which Drugs Are Uppers And Downers?”, in The Freedom Center. From the entry stimulant
  • Paul's First and Seventh wards, rounding out what is likely to be the first all-female council in city history.2023 November 11, Katie Galioto, “Anika Bowie, Cheniqua Johnson elected to first all-female St. Paul City Council”, in The Minnesota Star…. From the entry Cheniqua
  • At the racing club's expense, many alterations had been made, including converting the totalisator building into a 40-bed ward.2018, Anna Rogers, With Them Through Hell, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry totalisator

Meaning of ward

  1. noun A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.
  2. noun The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.).
  3. noun Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.

Full definition of ward

Questions about ward in a sentence

How do you use ward in a sentence?
Ward is used as a noun and verb. For example: “On our last visit to Tokyo, we went to Chiyoda ward and visited the Emperor’s palace.”
What is a short sentence with ward?
“He wore garlic to ward off vampires.”
What does ward mean?
Ward means a warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.

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