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
He had to deal with the surprise of clients on entering his office and seeing him in his iron lung.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
As his confidence and strength grew, he was able to spend increasingly longer periods out of the iron lung.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
The iron lung uses a negative pressure system.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
Do you want to spend the rest of your life in an iron lung? they would say.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
