How to Use diabetic in a Sentence

diabetic

1 of 2 adjective
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  • The sergeant made a mental note: diabetic, not fit to serve.
    — Dave Philipps, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
  • Between the ages of 18 and 65, the main cause of blindness is diabetic eye disease.
    — Pearse Keane, WIRED, 26 June 2023
  • Some were diabetic and hadn’t been able to take insulin for days.
    — Juliet Linderman and Claire Galofaro, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The caller said the man is diabetic and his sugar had been running low.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Baus and her husband — who is a type-1 diabetic — were going through the Panera drive-thru.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • The reward for keeping a diabetic out of the emergency room?
    — John C. Goodman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The meal included a sweet dessert, which enraged the diabetic Ms. Finke.
    — Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Based on his symptoms, Gwynn suspects the boy might be diabetic.
    — Linda Childers, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Two of the three men were not diabetic, according to Henry.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023
  • Her beloved father, Andrew Arthur Allen Sr., was diabetic and passed away from the disease at 63 years young.
    — Taiia Smart Young, Essence, 8 Sep. 2023
  • That’s still in the diabetic range but much closer to normal, which is anything under 5.7%.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Beverly, known as Bev, is diabetic and uses a walker and a cane most of the time because of joint issues.
    — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022
  • My friend is diabetic and had to have foot surgery after cutting their own toenails.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2022
  • O'Connor said the most common cause of the condition is diabetes, but Biden is not diabetic.
    — Arkansas Online, 20 Nov. 2021
  • One dog, for instance, is diabetic and must eat and have insulin every 12 hours.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • When my blood glucose goes up another 15 points and brands me as diabetic?
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 June 2023
  • The parents claim all three actions by school staff violate the health plan and best practices for diabetic students.
    — Rebecca Griesbach | Rgriesbach@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Those who are diabetic or immune compromised, have a high-risk area wound to the face, hands or feet, or have a wound from a bite will likely need antibiotics.
    — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021
  • That tipped her off that Joshua could be diabetic, and a blood sugar check confirmed that his levels were extremely high.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • But now people who are neither diabetic nor obese are turning to the low-dose formulation as a quick and simple way to lose weight.
    — Paul Tullis, Town & Country, 11 Aug. 2022
  • But for diabetic and obese patients, Ozempic and its ilk may be in their routines for the foreseeable future.
    — Jamie Rosen, Town & Country, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Cesar Palomino smiled sadly at his father as the old man shuffled out of the courtroom, weeping, in his diabetic shoes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • But, in very severe instances, hypoglycemia can lead to a diabetic coma and even death.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Lastly, some are not diabetic or obese but still take various forms of semaglutide to lose or maintain weight.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • More recent weight loss data have shown promise in patients who are obese but not diabetic.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 14 May 2022
  • Many times sweeter than sugar, stevia is non-caloric and diabetic safe.
    — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 9 June 2023
  • The team first tested the concept in cultures taken from diabetic foot ulcer patients.
    — Maddie Bender, STAT, 20 Nov. 2021
  • In my experience, alarms go off an average of two to five times in a 24-hour period -- just a few short beeps that can be canceled when the diabetic is made aware of the need to treat their glucose.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Add to that another 100 million pre-diabetic adults who may need test supplies.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023
  • So, Mendelson and his team recruited 12 diabetic patients for a four-month-long pilot study.
    — Popular Science, 3 Aug. 2023
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diabetic

2 of 2 noun
  • Her mother, a diabetic who didn’t work, was in and out of jail.
    — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Apr. 2018
  • And we diabetics should mount a very strong campaign to get us away.
    — Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Beans are low on the glycemic scale for diabetics, and the flavor is excellent.
    — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Two diabetics, two children and one spouse, read a third.
    — Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2019
  • From then on, all of her children were Type 1 diabetics.
    — Tyler Langan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Carr is a Type 1 diabetic who wears an insulin pump to help combat the disease.
    — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The goal of the app is to help diabetics better manage their disease and, in doing so, minimize the long-term health risks linked to it.
    — Maria Clark, NOLA.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • One-in-four Type-1 diabetics report rationing their insulin due to the high cost of this life-saving drug.
    — Ian Fleming, The Denver Post, 9 July 2019
  • The life expectancy of a type 1 diabetic is a decade shorter than those without the disease.
    — NBC News, 10 June 2019
  • These millions of kids are going to be the diabetics and cancer patients.
    — Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 May 2018
  • Further down the line, Alt hopes to see stem cells used for such issues as heart procedures and treating the pancreas to help diabetics.
    — Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 22 May 2017
  • When looking for shoes designed for diabetics, there are a few elements to keep in mind.
    — Alena Hall, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Through education and research, the goal is to show diabetics how to manage their care.
    — Tanya A. Christian, Essence, 21 Oct. 2019
  • There are people who are diabetics who can’t eat certain foods.
    — Washington Post, 28 May 2017
  • And no one has figured out how to tell when a stable, low-cost diabetic will jump into needing intense care.
    — Andrew McGill, The Atlantic, 16 June 2017
  • That's an issue with insulin, which Type 1 diabetics require to stay alive.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 July 2019
  • There are some diabetics who are struggling to access or still can’t access Ozempic right now.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 4 May 2023
  • The doctor explained that diabetics run out of insulin.
    — Dick Jerardi, Philly.com, 19 July 2017
  • Ms Varnam cannot, for example, prescribe the shoes diabetics often need to prevent the skin on their feet from breaking down.
    — The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018
  • This time last year, few people knew about Ozempic, a prescription drug for type 2 diabetics.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 4 May 2023
  • In the future, these could enable diabetics to avoid painful and inconvenient blood tests.
    — NBC News, 29 Sep. 2017
  • For type 2 diabetics, this is used for long-term weight management and is an anti-obesity drug.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
  • For example, white rice does have a higher glycemic index and may be a concern for diabetics or people with high blood sugar.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2023
  • For diabetics, the body either doesn’t make enough insulin (Type 1 diabetes) or it is not used correctly (Type 2).
    — Julian Mark, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Because Ozempic is used in type two diabetics, people have expressed their concern for the drug shortage.
    — Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Thera Intensive Foot Cream, a cream ideal for diabetics, targets dry, cracked skin and areas prone to chafing.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Researchers said Monday that a few diabetics who got the vaccine had much better control of their blood sugar after eight years than people who did not get it.
    — NBC News, 21 June 2018
  • Both were diabetics who ran out of insulin in a city where pharmacies have been ransacked and a medical black market is thriving.
    — Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
  • His recent patients included a man who had to have a toe amputated after a horse stepped on his foot, and a diabetic who needed a skin graft checked.
    — Anna Gorman, idahostatesman, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Type 1 diabetics inject themselves with insulin so cells can take glucose from the blood for energy.
    — George Ramsay, CNN, 19 May 2020

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