How to Use emergency in a Sentence

emergency

noun
  • Her quick thinking in an emergency saved the baby's life.
  • In case of emergency, pull the release cord to free your feet to swim out.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2022
  • In April, with all of Utah in a drought, Cox declared a state of emergency.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 June 2022
  • In April, with all of Utah in a drought, Cox declared a state of emergency.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 June 2022
  • As part of the emergency, Washington agreed to pick up more of the tab for the program.
    — Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The state has declared a state of emergency over the outbreak, as have the county and the nation.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The man who was armed with the gun had walked through an emergency gate and did not pay his fare, police said.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 22 June 2024
  • Her husband keeps his phone in the bedroom in case of an emergency.
    — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2023
  • In case of emergency, grab the Tri-Power whistle and blow.
    — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 12 June 2024
  • The workers were rescued after emergency crews cut a hole in the bottom of the tank to get them out.
    — Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Paramedics took Harness across the street to Broward Health North, where he was rushed into emergency surgery.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2023
  • And by a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court in July refused an emergency request to lift the judge’s order.
    — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • And by a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court in July refused an emergency request to lift the judge’s order.
    — David G. Savage, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
  • But as the initial emergency wanes, the housing crunch looms larger.
    — Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
  • In place of the emergency exit, there is also now an even bigger gate.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Within two weeks, her case had gone to the U.S. Supreme Court and back to the state’s justices on a variety of emergency appeals.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
  • As long as an old cell phone is functional, it can be used in an emergency.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
  • It can easily be stored in the boot of your vehicle in case of emergency.
    — Lauren Farrell, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • For babies under 12 weeks old, any fever is a sign of emergency.
    — Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The homeowner arrived on the scene a short time later to take over the emergency response.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 31 July 2022
  • Let children know whom to call, where to meet and how to communicate in case of an emergency.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The mayor is asking the council to vote Wednesday to extend the emergency.
    — Kyle Stokes, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Ross died in the emergency department at the hospital that evening.
    — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 8 July 2023
  • The state trooper had his emergency lights and siren on during the chase, based on in-car video, according to the police report.
    — Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Update your emergency kit and be sure to include enough food and water to last for 3 days for each person in your home.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • But now that the public health emergency is winding down, so are the Medicaid rolls.
    — Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The record-setting rain has triggered a state of emergency in New York and caused flooding in basements, schools, and subways.
    — Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The first emergency call came in at about 1 p.m. on Sunday, officials said.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 24 June 2024
  • The person recently died in the Flagstaff Medical Center emergency department on the day the person sought treatment, the statement said.
    — Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
  • The river was rising, and the situation was quickly developing into an emergency; Hunt, a town of about thirteen hundred people along the banks of the Guadalupe River, sits in what’s known as Texas’s flash-flood alley.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 11 July 2025

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