How to Use stethoscope in a Sentence

stethoscope

noun
Definition of stethoscopenext
  • With the stethoscope, the doctor can hear in real time the child's heart and lungs.
    — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The woman with the stethoscope blamed it all on Betty’s high fever.
    — Niran Al-Agba, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2022
  • By the show's ninth and final season, the cast of Scrubs was more than ready to hang up their stethoscopes.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Sircar held the stethoscope against him to listen to his breaths.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Karen checked the stethoscope and put it to Emily’s stomach again.
    — Keith Gessen, The Cut, 15 June 2018
  • Dr. Green pulled her stethoscope from around her neck and listened to his heart.
    — Catherine Porter Photographs and Video By Leslye Davis, New York Times, 25 May 2017
  • Her doll has long, brown hair and wears a white doctor’s coat, blue scrubs, a stethoscope and a tiny mask.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2021
  • All three stars were in costume in white lab coats with stethoscopes around their necks.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Stewart, who calls himself the Street Vet, kneels, pulls out his stethoscope and goes to work.
    — Carol Mithers, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Bowen, his middle son, checked his dad's heart with a toy stethoscope.
    — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 17 Nov. 2020
  • On one of O’Connell’s first days in a shelter, a nurse told him to put his stethoscope away and start soaking feet.
    — Stat Staff, STAT, 29 Dec. 2023
  • His stethoscope dangled from the rearview mirror of his car.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 7 June 2023
  • The invention of the stethoscope, in 1816, shifted the balance.
    — Jessica Wapner, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2021
  • The caretaker listened to the dog’s heart with a stethoscope, poked it once in the eye, then pronounced it dead.
    — Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The mural — which shows Becerra looking to the sky, a stethoscope around her neck — is the first of its kind.
    — Emilie Eaton, ExpressNews.com, 26 Jan. 2020
  • Add a personal touch to their stethoscope with a tiny name tag.
    — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The stethoscope might not be broken, but the human doing the counting might space out and miss a beat.
    — Andrea Jones-Rooy, Quartz, 24 July 2019
  • Haley showed up in a full nurse’s get-up with smock and plastic stethoscope.
    — Sherry Mendelson, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Dean said after the couple were able to listen to Colton’s heart through a stethoscope.
    — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2019
  • The bison was wearing a doctor’s coat and a stethoscope.
    — Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2019
  • The use of paper led to his wooden monaural stethoscope, which was meant for one ear.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2021
  • One for dirty hospital items such as her ID badge, pager, phone and a stethoscope.
    — Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2020
  • The teen girl told her mother that Earla had put the stethoscope on her breasts instead of above her breasts.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Then, Clark donned a stethoscope, placing the chest piece on Jordan, who was dressed in a cheery yellow top.
    — Christine Coppa, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2016
  • By the time our neighbor arrived, stethoscope in hand, the pain was gone and my wife was 100 percent back to normal.
    — Nick Hoppe, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 2018
  • The sari was ?, as were, elsewhere, garlic, parachute, stethoscope, and sloth.
    — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 28 June 2018
  • Some young people dressed in scrubs moved between rooms with stethoscopes slung around their necks.
    — Washington Post, 15 May 2018
  • Naseem checked Jawad’s heartbeat with a stethoscope, then closed his eyelids.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2017
  • Helen lies down on some hay, and Siegfried uses a stethoscope to hear the baby’s heartbeat.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The centuries-old tech behind the stethoscope is getting an AI-upgrade — and investors are intrigued.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 5 June 2024

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