respirator

Example Sentences

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Li suffers from an incurable genetic disease that progressively weakens hismuscles, and he relies on an artificial respirator to survive.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

He was resuscitated by emergency services and taken to a hospital, where he was on life support for a couple of days before being taken off the respirator, according to the post.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that dairy workers don a respirator and goggles or a face shield, among other protections, whether they are working with sick animals or not.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2024

And for the rest of her life she was dependent on a wheelchair operated by a tongue-touch keypad, a respirator that delivered 13 breaths a minute and ultimately a voice-activated computer to write.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

I didn’t exactly know what still weaning someone off a respirator meant.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg