ambulance

IPA: ˈæmbjʌɫʌns

An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
(military) A mobile field hospital.
(obsolete, US) A prairie wagon.

Examples of "ambulance" in Sentences

Nick told me what had happened and we called an ambulance.
I called the ambulance and made arrangements for child care.
But his breathing had become so labored she called an ambulance.
They called an ambulance, and it came screaming up to the house with its sirens on.
Jim Louro, a league safety officer for the Jersey Shore Pop Warner Football League, said his league already pays emergency medical technicians to attend games and an ambulance is often on site.
The idea that the word "ambulance" comes from the Latin word to walk, "ambulare", proved particularly intriguing, as did the fact that the months July and August were named after the first two Roman emperors, Julius Caesar and Augustus.
Until one morning my father grabbed at his chest, and opened his mouth like he was choking, and we called the ambulance, which arrived quickly, despite the rush-hour traffic, despite the twenty-five-mile-an-hour speed limit on our street.
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett proposed cuts in ambulance service and layoffs of dozens of fire and rescue workers Tuesday as part of a bid to save $12.9 million this year in case a referendum on a county ambulance fee passes in November.