hospitalize
verb (used with object)
to place in a hospital for medical care or observation.
hospitalized
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past participleof hospitalize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof hospitalize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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Among 288 patients, 14 were hospitalized or died.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
“He was hospitalized for many weeks and continues to have permanent and debilitating burn injuries that affect every aspect of his daily life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
McConnell was hospitalized in mid-June after being found unconscious in his D.C. home.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
More than 400 people have been hospitalized in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Unless you counted Cookie, the nurse he’d known when he was hospitalized as a result of his motorcycle accident.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
