Example Sentences

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“There was nothing you could do,” said John Preddy, a family practitioner, who delivered two of these dead children and cared for them all their short lives, their scraped knees and runny noses.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2022

Dr. Christina Hillson, medical director and family practitioner at the Lynwood clinic, said that when medical assistants were especially scarce, the clinic stopped drawing blood for lab work from patients.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2022

Dr. John Ray, a family practitioner who works shifts at the hospital, said the hospital on one recent day got back-to-back calls about incoming coronavirus patients.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2020

But my dentist, an old school family practitioner, is a not a knee-jerk peddler of expensive and lengthy treatments.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2019

The Bush House family practitioner being absent, a new man came for him, who, after a few glances at Matilda, postponed the examination of her lungs, and begged to see Miss Mulberry.

From Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty