How to Use urgent care in a Sentence

urgent care

noun
Definition of urgent carenext
  • Like helmets, a set of pads can help keep you out of urgent care.
    — Mike Senese, Wired, 15 Aug. 2022
  • One night, the pain got so bad that his father, Greg Wilkes, took him to urgent care.
    — New York Times, 23 Oct. 2021
  • At urgent care, a few hours later, the doctor gave me a clean bill of health.
    — Alex McElroy, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Thousands of urgent care clinics have popped up over the last decade.
    — Niran Al-Agba, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2022
  • What about urgent care in the Keys or house or hotel visits?
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
  • So why was Frankie turned away from an urgent care center?
    — Sam Whitehead, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The urgent care center where he had been tested told him to call the Department of Health.
    — New York Times, 18 July 2022
  • My husband met up with me at the urgent care as the ambulance arrived.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The mom of two went to urgent care, where she was diagnosed with the flu, given Tamiflu and sent home.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The closure is set for Saturday, with a 24/7 urgent care center set to take its place.
    — Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Vassegh went to an urgent care facility and was back at work by the fifth inning.
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Many shared that even a trip to urgent care resulted in more questions.
    — Steven Vargas, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The first study found a third shot slashed the risk of visiting the ER or urgent care by 94% during delta and 82% during omicron.
    — Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The injury didn’t seem worth a trip to an emergency room or even an urgent care clinic.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • When Jack's health took a turn last week, the family rushed him to veterinary urgent care.
    — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2023
  • As a nurse who used to work in the ER, now manages an urgent care, and has friends in every specialty, she’s seen and heard it all.
    — Quincy Bulin, Parents, 5 July 2024
  • For severe burns, go straight to urgent care or a hospital.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The Baltimore Sun’s readers have voted on what’s the best in the region from antiques to urgent care.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 8 July 2021
  • Jody Clark, 52, had to take his mother to urgent care when her blood pressure dipped to a dangerous low.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2021
  • Special urgent care units have been set up off of the hospital campus.
    — Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
  • At least 10 people went to urgent care or the emergency room with these symptoms.
    — By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024
  • The boy’s father checked him into an urgent care center where a doctor said a bullet was found under the skin of the boy’s skull.
    — Phillip Jackson, baltimoresun.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • This whole process only takes a minute or two and can potentially save you a trip to urgent care (where Keller ended up, by the way).
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 27 July 2023
  • We were told about Savannah's injury, and that she had been taken to urgent care.
    — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
  • And despite one car breakdown and two urgent care visits, our trip around the Grand Circle was still full of Elysian wonders and sweet treats.
    — Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • He was treated by lifeguards, released to a guardian and referred to urgent care for treatment.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
  • After the movie, there’s a run-in with blindingly bright LED lights, resulting in a visit to urgent care.
    — Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • That prompted her to leave school early and visit a local urgent care.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 22 Feb. 2022
  • As a result, waiting times for urgent care and many elective procedures have ballooned.
    — Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • A couple of reporters had scrapes and bruises, and one female reporter was looking to go to urgent care to be checked out for a possible concussion, according to the report.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024

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