How to Use ambulance in a Sentence

ambulance

noun
  • Edgar was rushed from the scene of the crime in an ambulance.
    — Judy Rybak, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • As the old man is carried to the back of the ambulance, more screams come from the ring.
    — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The team would have to wait for an ambulance to make it there through the snow.
    — Tom Hallman, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Dozens of patrol cars and ambulances were seen in the area.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The cyclist was driven over to where the ambulances were set up on the trail.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 17 July 2023
  • At the summit, race staff forced him off the course and called an ambulance.
    — Sarah Trent, Outside Online, 26 July 2022
  • Build an ambulance, a box truck, a camper, or even a small bus.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 6 June 2023
  • Theresa, a nurse, said Jim didn’t want an ambulance or a trip to the ER.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The dirt — 90 miles of it to the nearest town — that meant an ambulance couldn’t arrive in time.
    — Michael Robinson Chavez, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Lane joined them in the ambulance and performed CPR on Floyd.
    — Eric Levenson and Brad Parks, CNN, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Jones rushed to the aid of Justin’s friend and took him to an ambulance, according to the lawsuit.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Damante said Jones was put in an ambulance that had been called.
    — Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2022
  • As the cars drove away, the camera just landed on the ambulance, which then drove away.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Firefighters had to cut part of the flagpole to fit the victim in the ambulance.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • In one of the videos, the man was placed on a stretcher and a Racine Fire Department ambulance took the man away.
    — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2022
  • My friend passed out and the theater called an ambulance.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Alma did get a bed, but had to wait more than six hours for it and for an ambulance to be ready.
    — Norah O'Donnell, Alicia Hastey, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • From their house, Michael and Beth heard the ambulance drive away without the sirens on and rushed over to be at Neda’s side.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2024
  • There was an ambulance outside the door, and two of my doctors in those space suits [like] on Mars.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2024
  • One of the teachers, Eva Mireles, died in the ambulance ride to the hospital.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 10 June 2022
  • The two paramedics in the ambulance were transporting a patient at the time of the accident.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2022
  • By the time the ambulance is up and running with a new tire, another hour has been lost.
    — Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 19 May 2024
  • But there were no ambulances or taxis to take them to a hospital.
    — Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 23 May 2023
  • Outlaw said the dispatcher told her not to move so the ambulance could reach them.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 1 May 2023
  • Aydin’s office said 30 fire trucks and 28 ambulances were sent to the site.
    — Suzan Fraser, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The video then cuts to an ambulance arriving and then a sweet video of the new mom and her baby in the hospital.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
  • Chuck Kramer ordered an engine to follow the ambulance to the house.
    — Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
  • He was carried over a mile to a waiting truck and driven to an ambulance at the base of the mountain at around 1 a.m.
    — CBS News, 21 June 2022
  • See a video which appears to show soldiers opening fire on ambulances and a fire truck.
    — Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Relatives previously told The Star that paramedics took her to the hospital in an ambulance after a car crash.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2025

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