hospital ship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hospital ship
First recorded in 1675–85
Example Sentences
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Denmark and Greenland in February rejected Trump's offer to send a naval hospital ship "to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there".
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The order, accompanied by an AI-generated illustration of a World War II-era hospital ship flying the U.S. flag, was confusing to many, and justifiably so.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
“A hospital ship won’t solve anything,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
As well as the silhouettes representing the personnel from all three services, two bespoke figures were created to represent nurses Sisters Evershed and Field, who died while saving 75 men from a hospital ship.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2024
Some of the men on the hospital ship with me didn’t have any visible wounds, but were badly hurt.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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