iron lung
Example Sentences
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Lane spent the next several months in an iron lung.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
He helped Paul move apartments when needed, and serviced the iron lung regularly: "It was always a pleasure to be around Paul - he had a very upbeat and positive attitude."
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
That led his parents to make the brave decision to take him and his iron lung home, to live out his days in peace.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
After an emergency tracheostomy operation, he was unable to breathe without the iron lung machine that now encased his small body.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
Cordelia in an iron lung, then, being breathed, as an accor- dian is played.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
