PATIENT in a Sentence

Learn PATIENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
396 example sentences for PATIENT, such as:
1. The patient thrashed about in bed.
2. The patient suffered severe brain trauma.
3. Pull the curtains round the patient's bed.
4. What I have done is due to patient thought.
5. The patient was transferred to another hospital.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of PATIENT
patient
 n.  a person who requires medical care
 a.  enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  You'll just need to be patient awhile, and then you'll be all right.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2  Batty, she told Mrs. Swithin, had a patient a Princess.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
3  He looked at her with some disappointment in his face, but with a respectful and patient conviction that she must be right in whatever she did.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X
4  On no other night in the year could he so ill have spared her patient face.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII
5  Eager to see it accomplished, and yet patient, she waited for the last fall, as for the ripeness and fulness of the harvest of her hopes.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
6  Rebecca lost no time in causing the patient to be transported to their temporary dwelling, and proceeded with her own hands to examine and to bind up his wounds.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
7  "Within eight days, if thou wilt be patient and conformable to my directions," replied Rebecca.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
8  The drought which Reuben administered was of a sedative and narcotic quality, and secured the patient sound and undisturbed slumbers.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
9  In this deplorable condition the Jew, with his daughter and her wounded patient, were found by Cedric, as has already been noticed, and soon afterwards fell into the power of De Bracy and his confederates.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
10  But she, whose brain was burning with remembrance of injuries and with hopes of vengeance, was readily induced to devolve upon Rebecca the care of her patient.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  With patient courage, strengthened by the interval which she had employed in mental devotion, Rebecca again took post at the lattice, sheltering herself, however, so as not to be visible from beneath.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
12  Here is the address of a good manservant, who was with an invalid patient of the doctor's till he died last month.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
13  She saw it in his bent head, the quick quiet hands, the crouching of his slender, sensitive loins; something patient and withdrawn.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
14  And he was very patient, spelling for her the difficult words, or the occasional phrases in French.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
15  The older men are that patient and good, really, they let the women take everything.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
Example Sentence: (186 in 13 pages)
1  The patient was transferred to another hospital.
2  Pull the curtains round the patient's bed.
3  The patient thrashed about in bed.
4  Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
5  The earlier the treatment is given, the better the patient's chances.
6  Treatment is tailored to the needs of each patient.
7  The patient has responded to the treatment rather better than expected.
8  The treatment will continue until the patient reaches the point where he can walk correctly and safely.
9  The nurse should try to develop empathy between herself and the patient.
10  What I have done is due to patient thought.
11  It is doubtful whether the patient will last out this month.
12  The patient suffered severe brain trauma.
13  The doctor concluded that the patient's disease was cancer.
14  There's no appreciable change in the patient's condition.
15  Changes in the patient's condition may make surgery inadvisable.