hospitalize
verb (used with object)
to place in a hospital for medical care or observation.
hospitalizing
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present participleof hospitalize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Last year, a sedan that had been struck by another car slammed into a homeless encampment in Koreatown, hospitalizing four people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
DKA has been hospitalizing and killing more diabetics in recent years.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2022
"Just like previous variants, omicron is hospitalizing people and it is killing people."
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2022
James Spears said they discussed the possibility of hospitalizing Britney Spears on an emergency psychiatric hold.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
Mother was confused, but she always has the good manners to be hospitalizing even to perfect strangers, so she asked them in and told me to run squeeze some orange juice.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
