lungs

Example Sentences

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That dust makes its way into the lungs of the children of the Imperial Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

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

It is a vessel which connects the brain to various organs, including the heart, lungs, and digestive tract.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 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

But to my terror I passed one station after another—heart, lungs, scalp, throat—and still I was in the line.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom