How to Use sick bay in a Sentence

sick bay

noun
  • Dylan Larkin scored for the second straight game after a stay in sick bay.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The Wings cannot afford to have their premier goal scorer sitting in sick bay.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The soldier’s wartime diary detailed conditions in his unit’s sick bay—and the Army’s response to the crisis.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Stratton finished breakfast and filled his white hat with oranges on his way to visit a buddy in sick bay.
    Shaun McKinnon, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2020
  • That day, two sailors reported to the receiving ship’s sick bay with chills, fever, sore throat, and coughing—the usual symptoms of influenza.
    Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Glenn blew the side hatch, and doctors escorted him to the ship's sick bay for a medical examination.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Ivanov and her assistants work in longhand, writing down every diagnosis in the sick bay.
    Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, 20 Nov. 2017

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