NURSE in a Sentence

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The nurse went away yesterday to stay all night with her sister and she always makes Martha attend to me when she wants to go out.

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 Meanings and Examples of NURSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
nurse
 n.  a person who cares for the sick or children
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She did not cry because her nurse had died.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  I can always send the nurse out of the room and say that I want to be by myself.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
3  The nurse went away yesterday to stay all night with her sister and she always makes Martha attend to me when she wants to go out.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
4  "I dare say th nurse wants me to stay with him a bit," she said.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
5  He's told the nurse to stay away until six o'clock.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
6  The nurse must bring up her tea with mine.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
7  He talked to the nurse for a few minutes when she came into the room and said a few words of warning to Colin.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  "They are always wanting me to eat things when I don't want to," said Colin, as the nurse brought in the tea and put it on the table by the sofa.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
9  The nurse was just going to give up the case because she was so sick of him, but she says she doesn't mind staying now you've gone on duty with her, laughing a little.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
10  "At you two young ones," said the nurse.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
11  "I don't know and I don't care," said the nurse.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
12  Something he had heard Mrs. Medlock whispering to the nurse had given him the idea and he had thought over it in secret until it was quite firmly fixed in his mind.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
13  He's having one of those tantrums the nurse called hysterics.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
14  Just then she heard feet almost running down the corridor and her door opened and the nurse came in.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
15  The stamp rather pleased the nurse.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
Example Sentence: (68 in 5 pages)
16  As a consequence of being in hospital, Shelly decided that she wanted to become a nurse.
17  The nurse washed and shaved him.
18  She wore a little nurse's hat on her head to identify her.
19  The nurse cleaned the cut on my leg with a swab.
20  Jones didn't flinch once when the nurse cleaned the cut in his leg.
21  We manage, with the help of a nurse who comes daily.
22  The nurse forced the food into his mouth.
23  The young nurse was assisting at her first operation.
24  The young nurse was very nervous when she assisted at her first operation.
25  The patient nurse ministered to the dying old man.
26  A patient going through acute detox will have an assigned nurse nearby.
27  The nurse disrobed the elderly patient expertly.
28  The patient rang for the nurse.
29  The nurse administered the medicine to the patient.
30  The doctor was found in a compromising position with a nurse.