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
In 2015, his iron lung began to leak.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
He was allowed to venture into the neighbourhood in his wheelchair with childhood friends, returning to the iron lung when he was tired.
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
My head sticks out the end of the iron lung.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
