How to Use attending in a Sentence

attending

noun
  • And after the surgery, the attending can walk the resident through a recording of the procedure, a sort of play-by-play for the operating room.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The family was later told only that an unexpected event had occurred, not that the attending had been out of the room.
    Sandra G. Boodman, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2017
  • And the footage might remind fans of a thing or two from the show's original pilot — including a resident who's already slept with an attending.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Things can’t run without our labor, but the hospital also views us as cheap—cheaper than attendings.
    Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Sadly, Devon begins to bleed out when Schmidt chooses not to wait on an attending, as the method teaches, and begins dissection by himself.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • But also on the secondary part, Kim Jong-un recognizes the symbolism of his attending of the summit is as complicated as some of the concessions that he might be expected to make.
    Fox News, 25 May 2018
  • For example, over 95 percent of attendings observed in cardiothoracic surgery were men.
    Orly Nadell Farber, STAT, 2 July 2018
  • Pro-government accounts, meanwhile, showed supporters dressed in red attending rallies that featured an inflatable balloon of the deceased former President Hugo Chavez.
    Nathan Crooks, Bloomberg.com, 1 May 2017
  • Robotic systems might have two control consoles, but attendings rarely grant residents simultaneous control.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2018
  • And after the surgery, the attending can walk the resident through a recording of the procedure, a sort of play-by-play for the operating room.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The family was later told only that an unexpected event had occurred, not that the attending had been out of the room.
    Sandra G. Boodman, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2017
  • And the footage might remind fans of a thing or two from the show's original pilot — including a resident who's already slept with an attending.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Things can’t run without our labor, but the hospital also views us as cheap—cheaper than attendings.
    Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Sadly, Devon begins to bleed out when Schmidt chooses not to wait on an attending, as the method teaches, and begins dissection by himself.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • But also on the secondary part, Kim Jong-un recognizes the symbolism of his attending of the summit is as complicated as some of the concessions that he might be expected to make.
    Fox News, 25 May 2018
  • For example, over 95 percent of attendings observed in cardiothoracic surgery were men.
    Orly Nadell Farber, STAT, 2 July 2018
  • Pro-government accounts, meanwhile, showed supporters dressed in red attending rallies that featured an inflatable balloon of the deceased former President Hugo Chavez.
    Nathan Crooks, Bloomberg.com, 1 May 2017
  • Robotic systems might have two control consoles, but attendings rarely grant residents simultaneous control.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2018

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