How to Use life-threatening in a Sentence
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The form mentioned that some of those risks could be life-threatening.
—AZCentral.com, 26 June 2023
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None of the injuries were life-threatening, police said at the time.
—Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2023
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The route ahead of them will be arduous and life-threatening.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
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If there are any life-threatening signs, those will be treated first.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
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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
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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
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Three workers were hurt, but their injuries were said not to be life-threatening.
—Michael Casey, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2023
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None of the injuries were life-threatening, police said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024
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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
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Forecasters warn the storm could bring life-threatening storm surge, hazardous winds and heavy rain.
—Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2024
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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
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One has been discharged while the other is still in treatment for injuries that were not life-threatening.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
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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
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The injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, police said.
—Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
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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
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All but one of the victims have injuries that are not considered life-threatening.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 14 June 2023
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The 45-year-old woman driving the Subaru had no life-threatening injuries, Grieshaber said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
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None of the three people shot in the two incidents sustained life-threatening wounds, police said.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
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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
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Some infections are very mild, but the CDC says others can be severe or life-threatening.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
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The drug can have potentially life-threatening side effects like brain swelling and seizures.
—WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
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The rider and the third pedestrian struck had non life-threatening injuries, police said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 3 June 2023
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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
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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
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She was transported to a hospital for treatment of the wound, which was described as not life-threatening.
—Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
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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
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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
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Police said their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 25 June 2023
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The disease can affect the colon and rectum and can weaken the body, leading to possible life-threatening complications.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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In one, a pediatrician from Raleigh, North Carolina, spoke of a baby in the 1990s with Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis, a life-threatening disease.
—Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025
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