How to Use hospice in a Sentence

hospice

noun
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  • My dad has been on hospice care for several months now.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The overall mood of the show is spooky, yet lightened up by the relationships between teen hospice residents.
    — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The hospice staff then put together an amazing meal near the clubhouse, and after the day was done, my father called them together.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Yolanda Nichelle Curry, moaned slightly that morning while lying in her living room on her hospice bed.
    — Jasmin Barmore, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The show focuses on a group of teens in hospice care, all of whom like to distract themselves from their bleak reality by telling each other ghost stories.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 20 Oct. 2022
  • McLaurin had been in hospice care for several days, her family wrote on her official Facebook page.
    — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2022
  • But all of the horses at Perseverance are either elderly, have special needs, or are on hospice, and can’t travel by horse trailer.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Gallagher had reportedly been living in hospice for several years after suffering a string of heart attacks.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2022
  • While at the center, the victim was receiving separate care through hospice health workers from St. Croix County.
    — Jessica Van Egeren, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The young graduate only became a fully-qualified nurse two months ago, inspired to take up the profession after seeing how her grandma received good care in hospice.
    — Astha Rajvanshi, Time, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Gallagher had been in hospice care in California after suffering multiple heart attacks in recent years.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Randolph was in hospice care at the time of her death, her son Randy told TMZ.
    — Joyce Randolph, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2024
  • One of the women killed was a hospice patient in her 80s.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 8 June 2024
  • All proceeds from the book will go to hospice care for children.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
  • News broke on Sunday that the artist was in hospice care due to liver failure.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Forty years on, half of all Americans die in hospice care.
    — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Her death, in a hospice, was confirmed by her son Kevin Winsch.
    — Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The hospice nurse called the funeral home, and Gilda’s husband stepped into the kitchen.
    — Lisa Kanarek, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Their patients have longer stays and leave hospice alive at higher rates.
    — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Martin is in hospice care with a life expectancy of less than six months.
    — Josh Funk, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2024
  • His health had taken such a turn for the worst that doctors considered putting him in a hospice.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Stacy died April 30 in hospice care in Southampton, New York.
    — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • His death, in hospice care, was not widely reported at the time.
    — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 25 May 2024
  • Randolph was in hospice care at the time of her death and died of natural causes, her son, Randy, told TMZ.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Rodriguez confirmed that one of the women killed was a hospice patient in her 80s.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 June 2024
  • No cause of death was shared, but Harwell had been receiving hospice care over the weekend.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Ivan Millman, 77, died Aug. 8 in hospice care, nearly two weeks aft ...
    — Henri Hollis, ajc, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Dealing with a loved one in hospice care is a situation that no one would choose.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Julie and Rachel had both worked in hospice care, as had many others in their congregations.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
  • In the prequel film, which earned the horror franchise’s biggest opening weekend yet with $53 million, Nyong’o stars as a terminally ill cancer patient who is in hospice care when the movie begins.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 July 2024

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