How to Use life-threatening in a Sentence

life-threatening

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  • The two employees in the van were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
    Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The form mentioned that some of those risks could be life-threatening.
    AZCentral.com, 26 June 2023
  • None of the injuries were life-threatening, police said at the time.
    Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The route ahead of them will be arduous and life-threatening.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • If there are any life-threatening signs, those will be treated first.
    Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
  • What's more, the show left fans' jaws on the floor, thanks to an era full of engagements and life-threatening emergencies.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 30 May 2023
  • Two of the four wounded still in the hospital had injuries that were not life-threatening, Smith said.
    Dylan Lovan and Rebecca Reynolds, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Three workers were hurt, but their injuries were said not to be life-threatening.
    Michael Casey, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • None of the injuries were life-threatening, police said.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The boy sustained life-threatening injuries and would die from those injuries at the scene, police said.
    Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2023
  • Forecasters warn the storm could bring life-threatening storm surge, hazardous winds and heavy rain.
    Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2024
  • One has been discharged while the other is still in treatment for injuries that were not life-threatening.
    The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
  • One of those hurt was a 15-year-old girl, who police last week said had suffered life-threatening injuries.
    Dan Morse, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, police said.
    Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The longer heat waves stick around in one place, the longer people are exposed to life-threatening temperatures.
    Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • All but one of the victims have injuries that are not considered life-threatening.
    Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 14 June 2023
  • The 45-year-old woman driving the Subaru had no life-threatening injuries, Grieshaber said.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
  • None of the three people shot in the two incidents sustained life-threatening wounds, police said.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
  • Police said the four who were injured were taken for treatment, and none of the them had wounds considered life-threatening.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Some infections are very mild, but the CDC says others can be severe or life-threatening.
    Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The drug can have potentially life-threatening side effects like brain swelling and seizures.
    WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The rider and the third pedestrian struck had non life-threatening injuries, police said.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 3 June 2023
  • But high surf and life-threatening rip currents are still anticipated over the next couple of days along the U.S. East Coast.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Both of them were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2023
  • She was transported to a hospital for treatment of the wound, which was described as not life-threatening.
    Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Two of the men were treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, police said, and Jones was pronounced dead.
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Both the boy and the woman were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, according to a news release.
    Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2023
  • Police said their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 25 June 2023
  • Two of those hurt suffered life-threatening injuries, the department said in a news release, which did not detail the nature of the injuries.
    Melissa Alonso, CNN, 7 May 2023
  • This hurricane could create a life-threatening storm surge.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024

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