How to Use stillbirth in a Sentence

stillbirth

noun

• The birth and stillbirths came at or very close to full term.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
• Sad to say, Valentine was born Feb. 14 as a stillbirth.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2023
• Her attorneys said the 18-year-old had a stillbirth and didn't know what else to do but bury the child.
  — Keith Bierygolick, The Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2020
• That makes stillbirth is the No. 1 cause of death for children ages 5 and under.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2020
• There have been 29 live births among those women and one stillbirth.
  — oregonlive, 12 May 2020
• There have been 29 live births among those women, and one stillbirth.
  — Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2020
• But for years, the U.S. stillbirth crisis has been overlooked.
  — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 28 July 2023
• The mother survives the shooting and her child’s stillbirth.
  — Qanta A. Ahmed, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
• News about the recent loss of her baby boy, Mason, in a stillbirth at 38 weeks.
  — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 17 Dec. 2021
• Within five years, the stillbirth rate in Iowa dropped by a whopping 28 percent.
  — Gillian Brockell, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2019
• There were 22 stillbirths or neonatal deaths because of syphilis last year, the report said.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2019
• In 2009, Hofeller had a pregnancy that ended in a stillbirth.
  — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 13 July 2019
• Research shows as many as 1 in 4 stillbirths may be preventable.
  — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 12 June 2024
• Research shows as many as 1 in 4 stillbirths may be preventable.
  — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2023
• Also, stillbirth and neonatal death rates were low, the researchers found.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 1 Sep. 2020
• Some racial and ethnic groups are at higher risk for stillbirths and newborn deaths.
  — Mark Lieber, CNN, 14 May 2018
• A 19-year-old rape victim in El Salvador is sentenced to 30 years in prison for having a stillbirth.
  — Araceli Cruz, Teen Vogue, 7 July 2017
• Aagaard stressed that stillbirth due to Covid is rare, but the infection does raise a woman’s risk.
  — NBC News, 11 Feb. 2022
• Becker has been held on $2 million bail since the stillbirth, the AP reported.
  — Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2020
• The habit also increases the risk of stillbirth by nearly 50%.
  — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2019
• The spike resulted in 220 stillbirths and infant deaths.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
• Lungs that float can be an indication of a live birth, while lungs that don’t float may suggest a stillbirth.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2022
• But doctors and aid groups say miscarriage and stillbirths have spiked.
  — Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
• And the researchers found no racial differences in the number of prenatal care visits or the rate of stillbirths.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
• Black women also are more than two times as likely to have a stillbirth as white women.
  — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2023
• The nation and states often exclude women who have stillbirths from paid leave.
  — Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
• After Lucerys’ death—on top of her father’s passing and a stillbirth—there is no way Rhaenyra will stay neutral any longer.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 Oct. 2022
• Seven of the Oklahoma stillbirth and miscarriage cases were filed in the last two years.
  — Cary Aspinwall, al, 1 Sep. 2022
• But the President did not stop with miscarriages and stillbirths.
  — Lara Freidenfelds / Made By History, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024
• Research indicates that sleeping on your back after 28 weeks of pregnancy (the start of the third trimester) can double your risk of stillbirth.
  — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024