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 was initially placed in an iron lung.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
In moments of desperation like these, Paul had access to more portable breathing devices, which used a different sort of technology to the 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
Do you want to spend the rest of your life in an iron lung? they would say.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
