inhalation

Example Sentences

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The siblings, who succumbed to smoke inhalation, were found in the living room about seven feet apart.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Bouchard said 30 police officers were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation as the building was "engulfed" in flames.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Some 2,700 people are diagnosed with the aggressive cancer in the UK each year, with the principal cause being the inhalation of asbestos fibres.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

He was hospitalized and put into an induced coma due to smoke inhalation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

I own that such is not known; but that indeed, the scholars of the College believed the disease was caused by the inhalation of truculent animalcula.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson