windpipe
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The numbing lidocaine was injected first and sprayed down my windpipe, making me feel as if I were drowning.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
In addition to farm work, she provides for her son day and night, including cooking and cleaning the ventilation tube in his windpipe.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The stress starts even before the first cut, with intubation - the insertion of a breathing tube into the windpipe.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
“They cannot operate and cut out the marble in my chest that is laying on my windpipe, and eventually would suffocate me to death,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2024
He offered a hand to Nick, who ignored it and got unsteadily to his feet, rubbing his windpipe and glaring at us like some trapped and wounded beast.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
If their windpipes are practically crushed inside their necks and their soft palates are elongated, frequently that is simply the way they are bred.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023
Colleagues accused him of manipulating his results, even warning of the harm caused by these so-called regenerative windpipes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Over the years, various methods have been used to repair or reconstruct damaged windpipes.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2021
Although Macchiarini touted the success of his artificial windpipes in medical papers, all but one of the patients who received them have died.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 13, 2018
Even that most doleful of Christian laments—“Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”—sounded snappy and upbeat through these women’s windpipes as they sauntered along: “Nani oze mpasi zazo! Nani oze mpasi!”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
