iron lung
Example Sentences
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Lane spent the next several months in an iron lung.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
When he died recently at the age of 78, Paul had spent more than seven decades using his iron lung, longer than anyone else in history.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
The iron lung uses a negative pressure system.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
The medic had been transporting Paul to and from hospital, as carers fought to keep him alive in the failing iron lung.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
Cordelia in an iron lung, then, being breathed, as an accor- dian is played.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
