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
Li, who suffers from a genetic degenerative condition that progressively weakens muscles, relies on a ventilator permanently connected to his windpipe to breathe, but grows celery with the help of his 62-year-old mother.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Scans revealed he had suffered a 2mm tear in his windpipe.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
It entails wrapping both arms around a choking victim from behind, making a fist just over the victim’s navel and thrusting upward sharply five times to eject an object that is obstructing the windpipe.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
Sigemund had locked the two heads together, so that the fire was beaten back down the Dragon's windpipe by the blast of air from its other mouth.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
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
He provided artificial windpipes to 20 patients from countries that included Spain, Russian, Iceland, Britain and the United States.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
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
He became famous by creating replacement tracheas, or windpipes, in the lab, initially from donor tracheas and later from plastic versions.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 14, 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
