How to Use life-threatening in a Sentence

life-threatening

adjective
  • The form mentioned that some of those risks could be life-threatening.
    — AZCentral.com, 26 June 2023
  • None of the injuries were life-threatening, police said at the time.
    — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The route ahead of them will be arduous and life-threatening.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The victim's injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, the post says.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2025
  • If there are any life-threatening signs, those will be treated first.
    — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
  • What's more, the show left fans' jaws on the floor, thanks to an era full of engagements and life-threatening emergencies.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 30 May 2023
  • Two of the four wounded still in the hospital had injuries that were not life-threatening, Smith said.
    — Dylan Lovan and Rebecca Reynolds, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Three workers were hurt, but their injuries were said not to be life-threatening.
    — Michael Casey, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • None of the injuries were life-threatening, police said.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The boy sustained life-threatening injuries and would die from those injuries at the scene, police said.
    — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2023
  • Forecasters warn the storm could bring life-threatening storm surge, hazardous winds and heavy rain.
    — Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The two employees in the van were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
    — Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 7 Oct. 2024
  • One has been discharged while the other is still in treatment for injuries that were not life-threatening.
    — The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
  • One of those hurt was a 15-year-old girl, who police last week said had suffered life-threatening injuries.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Paramedics took the second man to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
  • The injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, police said.
    — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The longer heat waves stick around in one place, the longer people are exposed to life-threatening temperatures.
    — Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • All but one of the victims have injuries that are not considered life-threatening.
    — Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 14 June 2023
  • The 45-year-old woman driving the Subaru had no life-threatening injuries, Grieshaber said.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
  • None of the three people shot in the two incidents sustained life-threatening wounds, police said.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
  • One is sepsis — a life-threatening infection that can cause a fever.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 28 May 2025
  • Police said the four who were injured were taken for treatment, and none of the them had wounds considered life-threatening.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The man was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The driver of the Lexus, Brittani Watkins was taken to a hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.
    — Paris Goodman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2025
  • Some infections are very mild, but the CDC says others can be severe or life-threatening.
    — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The drug can have potentially life-threatening side effects like brain swelling and seizures.
    — WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The rider and the third pedestrian struck had non life-threatening injuries, police said.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 3 June 2023
  • But high surf and life-threatening rip currents are still anticipated over the next couple of days along the U.S. East Coast.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Both of them were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2023
  • It’s stirred up life-threatening rip currents that prompted dozens of rescues and sent rushing water and sand over island roads.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025

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