lungs

Example Sentences

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That could allow muscles, lungs, and the heart to adjust more quickly to increasingly difficult exercise.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Keeping smoke out of one individual’s lungs is a small benefit compared to keeping smoking out of the public eye.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

"We've understood so much more about the safety of our lungs," Saunders says.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Unlike other infectious respiratory illnesses, hantavirus “infects cells very deep in the lungs, so it’s not as easily transmitted then when someone is speaking or coughing,” Iovine said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

I couldn’t get any air into my lungs.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler