sanatorium

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Recent Examples of sanatorium One person described in the report, Sonny McDonald, was incarcerated at a tuberculosis sanatorium as a child. Bysadia Rafiquddin, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024 The older novel follows a young man’s lengthy stay at Davos, a Swiss sanatorium. Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024 With Hans Castorp still in his first week at the sanatorium, Mann abandoned the manuscript as Europe plunged into unprecedented destruction. George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024 Mieczysław Wojnicz, a young Polish engineer in training, has arrived at the sanatorium in Göbersdorf, a resort town in the Silesian mountains near the current Polish-Czech border. Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sanatorium 
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Noun
  • Bolsheviks shot its monks in the first years of the Soviet Union, and converted the complex into a sanitarium and a cinema.
    Ainara Tiefenthäler, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Camp and sanitarium admissions were voluntary, but may have been subject to family pressures.
    Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2018
Noun
  • After rebels liberated Damascus, in December, Hamada’s body was discovered in the morgue of a military hospital.
    Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The home was vacant because officials wanted Smith sent back to the state hospital, although the reason why has not been disclosed.
    Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Patrick Mahomes' grandfather is in hospice care, the Kansas City Chiefs star's mother Randi Mahomes has announced.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Jack De Mave, who played Forest Ranger Bob Erickson in CBS’ Lassie, died in hospice care in Macon, Georgia on January 16 following a heart attack on Thanksgiving Day.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • On Neurosyphilis and Fighting Fire with Fire Staten Island's Sea View sanitorium was abandoned in the 1970s and has laid in ruins, devoured by the surrounding vegetation for many decades.
    Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2016
  • Inside the Old Louisville murder house: This Old Louisville mansion was home to a grave in a wine cellar, a sanitorium and a cult.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 25 May 2022

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