lungs

Example Sentences

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Consider a 77-year-old man with diabetes, unhealthy lungs, heart disease and kidney problems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema -- a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs -- two weeks after going under the knife.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

New research indicates that living there may affect kids’ lungs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

To explore what changes in older lungs, researchers focused on fibroblasts, the structural cells that help maintain lung tissue.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

I choked and coughed as the dust went into my lungs.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff