Examples of hypothermia in a Sentence
She fell into the cold water and nearly died from hypothermia.
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The specific circumstances of those seven deaths were not immediately available, though the mayor’s office confirmed that hypothermia was determined to be the cause of death for all of them.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
Garay Sanchez’s cause of death was officially listed as environmental hypothermia with a contributory cause of ethanol, commonly known as alcohol, use, wrote Associate Miami-Dade Medical Examiners Jusmita Saifullan and Nicholas Barna in her autopsy released to the Miami Herald on Wednesday.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
That’s because down jackets, another winter layer go-to, quickly lose their ability to loft when wet—a recipe for hypothermia in cold climates.
—Kelly Bastone, Outside, 10 Feb. 2026
Temperatures in his cell had reached 50 degrees, well below the 72 to 76 degrees required by jail policy, and an autopsy report found his cause of death was hypothermia, according to the lawsuit.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
Garay Sanchez’s cause of death was officially listed as environmental hypothermia with a contributory cause of ethanol, commonly known as alcohol, use, wrote Associate Miami-Dade Medical Examiners Jusmita Saifullan and Nicholas Barna in her autopsy released to the Miami Herald on Wednesday.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
That’s because down jackets, another winter layer go-to, quickly lose their ability to loft when wet—a recipe for hypothermia in cold climates.
—Kelly Bastone, Outside, 10 Feb. 2026
Temperatures in his cell had reached 50 degrees, well below the 72 to 76 degrees required by jail policy, and an autopsy report found his cause of death was hypothermia, according to the lawsuit.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
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“Hypothermia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypothermia. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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hypothermia
noun
hy·po·ther·mia
ˌhī-pō-ˈthər-mē-ə 
: reduction of the body temperature to an abnormally low level
Medical Definition
hypothermia
noun
hy·po·ther·mia
-ˈthər-mē-ə
: subnormal temperature of the body
hypothermia, defined as temperature under 36.6°C—Emergency Medicine
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