lungs
Example Sentences
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Tens of thousands of people relied on iron lungs to live, following polio's peak in the 1950's.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
No bacterial colonization was detected in healthy organs, including the liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, or heart.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Cambridge, Mass.-based Beam Therapeutics developed an experimental treatment for a rare inherited disease that damages the lungs and liver, dosing its first patient in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Nearby, Iowa state congressman Eddie Andrews was hanging off the back of a farm tractor draped with stars-and-stripes livery, shouting "God bless America!" at the top of his lungs to crowds headed toward the Mall.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Doody spent four years in a tuberculosis sanatorium and refers to himself as a “lunger”—slang for someone who suffers from a disease of the lungs.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
