trachea

Example Sentences

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Mother-of-two and grandmother-of-three, Ms Kirk spent nine months in hospital following the attack and had to breathe through a plastic tube inserted into her trachea.

From BBC

“No one with a gag reflex within normal limits could have put a cleaning wipe … into their trachea,” Pepper said.

From Seattle Times

Ginger was barely able to speak around the tube in her trachea, but after a few days in which no one brought the baby to her, she couldn't wait any longer.

From Salon

Moore wrote that the sergeant’s tactic “resulted in unintentional but direct pressure to Hayes’ trachea or windpipe” — though not with enough force to render Hayes unconscious.

From Los Angeles Times

A stray bullet fired during a fight that had nothing to do with me ruptured my trachea and injured my carotid artery.

From Scientific American