inhalation

Example Sentences

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More than 200 crew members were assessed for smoke inhalation and later returned to duty after the fire broke out on 2 March, US officials said.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Short-term exposure by inhalation can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea, fatigue respiratory irritation and other adverse health effects, according to the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 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

The research team is continuing its work to better understand how flu spreads through inhalation and under what conditions that transmission is most likely.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026

The horrible wrong scent of it was still in my hair, on my skin, inside my nose, so every inhalation carried it deeper inside me.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson