How to Use lung in a Sentence

lung

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  • He filled his lungs with the clean. fresh air.
  • The right lung is on the left side and the left lung is on the right side.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Others can cause burns to the skin, eyes, throat, nose, and lungs.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2023
  • In 2015, she was forced to drop out of Dancing with the Stars due to blood clots in both of her lungs.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Blake Treinen is also on the IL because of a bruised lung.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The impact had broken their ribs and burst their lungs.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Harmonies sung at the top of my lungs in the backseat of my parents’ car.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023
  • The cause was lung cancer that metastasized to the brain, said his son, Michael Austin.
    — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Reyes was shot multiple times in an arm, his back and a lung.
    — NBC news, 7 May 2023
  • In the hospital, doctors drained two and a half liters of fluid from the wall of his lungs.
    — Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 27 Sep. 2023
  • After surgery to remove part of the damaged lung, the pup spent six nerve-wracking days in the ICU.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Key Takeaways Running in extreme cold is hard on the heart and lungs.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 23 Jan. 2024
  • In the early 1950s, King George VI’s lung cancer was kept out of the public domain.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
  • In rare cases, the infection can spread outside the lungs to places such as the skin, bones, brain and spinal cord.
    — Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 1 May 2023
  • First Class Heath Robinson, who died of lung cancer at 39.
    — Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In the clip, Luna and her mom snuggled up on the couch to watch the video, when Luna suddenly screeched at the top of her lungs.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
  • But Delfi appears to be the first to focus first on lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death.
    — Matthew Herper Reprints, STAT, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Cold dry air can irritate the airways and lungs, and may weaken our sense of smell.
    — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Largely, the progress is against the most common cancers—lung, prostate, colorectal, and breast.
    — Men's Health, 17 May 2023
  • Abuse can be hard on the heart, lungs, vascular system and even a one-time use can cause cardiac death.
    — Susan McFarland, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • Two years later, tragedy struck again when his mother, Dana Reeve, died of lung cancer at 44.
    — Ale Russian, Peoplemag, 26 May 2023
  • Many of the other causes are potential emergencies, such as a blood clot in the lung.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 10 July 2023
  • Jill Feldman, 54, of Deerfield, Illinois, has lived 15 years with lung cancer, thanks to that progress.
    — Carla K. Johnson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The band had to cancel the final two dates of their U.S. tour in August after Williams was hit with a nasty lung infection.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Bear’s lungs gave out, and Paul did the humane thing, although not without, in his words, crying hard and often.
    — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The first was in April 2022, while the second had to be delayed when Roker was hospitalized due to blood clots in his leg and lungs.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • Eyes, corneas, kidneys, livers, hearts, lungs, pancreases, bones and skin are subject to the rule.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Those eggs clog the lungs, spleen, liver and hearts of hosts along with immune cells called granulomas that fight them.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • His son Jamie Macbeth said the cause of his death, which was not widely reported, was lung cancer.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • My first step was to pore over books written by doctors and scholars to learn why lung health is so critical.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023

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