lungs

Example Sentences

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The trouble with this was that the abductor muscles are the ones that open the trachea, allowing airflow to the lungs.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Consider a 77-year-old man with diabetes, unhealthy lungs, heart disease and kidney problems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

She was treated for a rare type of blood clot linked to the vaccine and said she still suffers from health problems, including damaged lungs, joint pain and nerve damage.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

He died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema -- a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs -- two weeks after going under the knife.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

What he was waiting for, Christopher couldn’t have explained: he only hoped, in a way that burned in his lungs and stomach, that there was something more than that which he had so far seen.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell