How to Use ward in a Sentence

ward

1 of 2 noun

• They were wards of the state.
• She works in the cancer ward.
• Shout it with me, then, shout it to the world, shout it to your ward.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
• Tear gas was being fired right behind the gates of the ward.
  — Karl Vick, TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
• The patients do not exist for much of the world outside the ward.
  — Viet Thanh Nguyen, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2023
• One issue both Scotts agree on is the need to tackle crime in the ward.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
• Brother Bald and Sister Sag way in the back are some of the smartest people in the ward, in the church.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
• When word of her side hustle spread through the ward, Rae lost her job.
  — WIRED, 8 Aug. 2023
• Guardians are paid for their services through the ward’s assets or by the state.
  — Christopher Cann, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2023
• Court records indicated the child was a ward of the state.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
• Unable to bear children of her own, the 43-year-old rushed to the ward and adopted a 10-month-old girl.
  — Sam Mednick, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2022
• Pinkins remains in custody on bond, and her son is now a ward of the state.
  — Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022
• At that time, one of the wards became staffed only with midwives.
  — Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
• No one wants to go back to the asylums that warehoused patients in locked wards, often for decades.
  — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Mar. 2024
• Below the Han is a ward of the city, called Gangnam, which is nearly three times the size of Beverly Hills.
  — Colin Marshall, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
• Aurora is ready to hear from the public about possible new ward maps for the city.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022
• In total, five boys and two girls were killed while under Letby’s care in the neonatal ward.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
• Like a council member, each of the eight wards in D.C. has Commissioners to voice the needs of their constituents.
  — Time, 10 Aug. 2023
• Many victims had to be treated on the hospital floors and in makeshift wards outside the building.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
• Few people here could see any sense in the airstrikes, gunfire and IED explosions that sent patients to the wards on most days.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
• The two wards shared a health worker, whom authorities suspect may have spread the virus between the two.
  — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
• However, the amendment also says that the BZA can’t be filled with members from just one ward.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2022
• Before the babies were moved, three others had died when the oxygen was cut in the neonatal ward, Dr. Bolbol said.
  — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• In the game, Bill antagonizes Ellie after Joel and his ward meet up with the prepper.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 30 Jan. 2023
• Rani Jha circled around her busy kidney ward, reeling off the list of patients who were too young, too sick, too many to count.
  — Gerry Shih, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023
• The hundred and fifty homes that GAF is doing in the 7th ward, that breaks a lot of barriers down for people that won't be able to afford to do that.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
• This was something the politicians remembered when Wal-Mart came around with promises in 2011 to build stores throughout the ward of D.C.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2022
• With no space in the ward, patients spilled into corridors and hallways.
  — Dake Kang, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022
• That twist was the recollection of Anat, a woman who had become one of Kravchenko’s close friends in the psychiatric ward.
  — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
• The whole ward is absolutely quiet because the children and the baby have - - don't even have the energy to cry.
  — CBS News, 17 Mar. 2024

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ward

2 of 2 verb

• Keep your car keys in your hand to use as a weapon to ward off an attack.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• The first thing a forest seems to do is try to persist, or ward off change.
  — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 18 May 2022
• The news was good enough to help Amazon ward off the summertime blues.
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 28 July 2022
• And what herb in the Middle Ages was believed to ward off evil spirits?
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• And, to its defense, licorice does try to ward you off with its poisonous taste.
  — Rebecca Douglas, Bon Appétit, 20 Apr. 2022
• John Sewell, owner of the ranch near Uvalde, Texas, said his Lacys help ward off some would-be thieves.
  — Carine Hajjar, National Review, 20 Apr. 2022
• The trick is to use lighter colors that can ward off fading and warping.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2022
• The man and his friends set up tents and chairs and wrapped the entire camp with plastic to ward off a 15-degree chill.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
• The obstetrics ward at the hospital closed more than 15 years ago.
  — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
• Sunset’s midfield controlled the pace of the game while the Grant backline played strong defense to ward off the Apollos’ threats.
  — oregonlive, 9 Nov. 2021
• Sitting on top of that spike is a gummy shark to ward off anyone who might be inclined to steal a bite.
  — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 22 June 2022
• To ward off the winter chill, both Lennon and Starr wore their ladies' coats, and a staffer held a steady stream of cigarettes to warm their fingers.
  — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 15 Nov. 2021
• Some people like to carry bear bells on their hikes, hoping the noise will ward off the animals.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 9 Oct. 2021
• The best way to show up to the hill prepared is by bringing a waterproof ski jacket to ward off the elements.
  — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2023
• Hapgood scored 11 of his game-high 25 points in the fourth quarter, including five of six free throws to ward off the Falcons one last time.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2022
• In 1918, in the US, some people wore sachets or bags containing asafoetida to ward off the Spanish flu.
  — Shalbha Sarda, CNN, 11 Jan. 2023
• But what's done is done, and Dembe was able to get Park to the hospital in time to ward off most permanent damage.
  — Jodi Walker, EW.com, 19 Nov. 2021
• But the singer-songwriter is back with a new suite of songs to ward off any bad relationship juju.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2022
• And fat cells that are healthy and happy can help ward off a lot of human diseases, from cancer to diabetes.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022
• Now, in the wake of the midterms, Frost is the face of a Gen-Z (and sliver of young-millennial) voter bloc being hailed for helping Democrats ward off a red wave.
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2022
• It’s among of the first countries to receive Pfizer’s Paxlovid, a pill that can be taken at home to ward off the most severe symptoms of the coronavirus.
  — Audrey Horowitz, ajc, 30 Dec. 2021
• On their way to Congress, protesters dipped their bandannas in a reflecting pool and put them over their faces to ward off the effects of the gas.
  — Simon Romero, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
• This merino wool tee from Proof is built to ward off stink, plus it’s reinforced with nylon to help keep its shape after being tossed in the wash.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2022
• To ward off deer, farmers often invest in fencing, which can cost around $6 per linear foot.
  — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
• Kevin Love dropped a three 3-pointers in the third quarter to ward off the comeback attempt, and the Cavaliers capitalized on 17 Bulls turnovers.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2021
• It is not understood, however, why gargling appears to ward off the flu.
  — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2022
• Twitter at first moved to ward off Musk, adopting a poison pill defense meant to make any takeover attempt costly.
  — Abram Brown, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
• The honey that stingless bees make can ward off both fungal and microbial growth.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022
• Long before the drugstore staple became TikTok’s go-to product for slugging, my mother used to slather the occlusive all over my face to ward off dryness and keep my skin buttery smooth.
  — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 31 Mar. 2023
• Residents line their irrigation ditches with shells, hang blue bottles from trees to ward off evil spirits and weave intricate baskets with seagrass found along the coast.
  — Sara Novak, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024