asthmatic

Example Sentences

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Tony and Becs Wadley say they can't spend Christmas at home after insulation installed under a government scheme has caused black mould in several rooms, and their asthmatic son can't be inside the property.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

“I’m an anxious, asthmatic, ADHD, gay, diabetic Jew,” he shrieks, repeating the list so that the audience can register the gravity of the situation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

She was anorexic, asthmatic, immunocompromised, and uncoordinated, and her prescription medication was ineffective.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2024

As portrayed here, Stanton is intense, asthmatic, married to the job and thus neglecting his actual wife; you know the drill.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

The list of “defective” geniuses went on and on: Newton was a sickly, fragile child; John Calvin was severely asthmatic; Darwin suffered crippling bouts of diarrhea and near-catatonic depression.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee