hospitalize
verb (used with object)
to place in a hospital for medical care or observation.
is hospitalizing
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present progressiveof hospitalize (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Their warnings have come with over 1 million U.S. deaths from the disease and a fresh variant that daily is hospitalizing over 100,000 Americans and killing more than 300.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
"Just like previous variants, omicron is hospitalizing people and it is killing people."
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2022
World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Thursday that omicron infections should not be described as “mild”: “Just like previous variants, omicron is hospitalizing people, and it is killing people.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022
Federal officials say young people need to do their part to break up community transmission and stave off a dreaded delta variant that is hospitalizing more and more younger adults.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
