iron lung
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Lane spent the next several months in an iron lung.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
The iron lung uses a negative pressure system.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
Watch: Philip Alexander remembers his brother, 'the man in the iron lung'
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
That led his parents to make the brave decision to take him and his iron lung home, to live out his days in peace.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
You could get polio without knowing how or where, end up in an iron lung without knowing why.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
![]()
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.