lungs
Example Sentences
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Tehran's many parks, usually green lungs in a metropolis often choked by pollution, have become refuges since the fighting began.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
"Bones are overly smooth, spines unnaturally straight, lungs overly symmetrical, blood vessel patterns excessively uniform, and fractures appear unusually clean and consistent, often limited to one side of the bone."
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
Smog from 2 million tailpipes filled L.A.’s streets and burned the lungs of its denizens, but it was really created more than 2,000 miles away, in Detroit.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
On every other occasion, she was told the lungs were not good enough to use.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The wind was blowing so hard it was tough to catch enough to fill his lungs.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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