INFIRMARY in a Sentence

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13 example sentences for INFIRMARY, such as:

1. She still remained in the infirmary.
2. Laffitte, then to enter the infirmary and see Fantine.
3. They said you got stinking stuff to drink when you were in the infirmary.
4. Madeleine had Fantine removed to that infirmary which he had established in his own house.
5. The second building houses the charity and infirmary wards of the hospital for students' training.

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 Meanings and Examples of INFIRMARY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
infirmary
 n.  health facility where patients receive treatment
Classic Sentence:
1  Father Madeleine had him conveyed to an infirmary which he had established for his workmen in the factory building itself, and which was served by two sisters of charity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS
2  Madeleine had Fantine removed to that infirmary which he had established in his own house.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE
3  She still remained in the infirmary.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE
4  The two nuns who performed the services of nurse in the infirmary, Lazariste ladies, like all sisters of charity, bore the names of Sister Perpetue and Sister Simplice.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE
5  At mid-day the physician returned, gave some directions, inquired whether the mayor had made his appearance at the infirmary, and shook his head.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF
6  Sister Simplice sent a serving-maid to inquire of the portress of the factory, whether the mayor had returned, and if he would not come to the infirmary soon.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF
7  She rummaged in a drawer, and pulled out the little glass which the doctor of the infirmary used to see whether a patient was dead and whether he no longer breathed.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HA...
8  Laffitte, then to enter the infirmary and see Fantine.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III—JAVERT SATISFIED
9  But an aged workman had died in the infirmary of the factory a few days before, leaving behind him nothing but his blouse.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB
10  Brother Michael was standing at the door of the infirmary and from the door of the dark cabinet on his right came a smell like medicine.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
11  They said you got stinking stuff to drink when you were in the infirmary.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
12  Being far too ill to remain in the common prison, he was removed, after the first day or so, into the infirmary.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LVI
Example Sentence:
1  The second building houses the charity and infirmary wards of the hospital for students' training.