windpipe

Example Sentences

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Li, who suffers from a genetic degenerative condition that progressively weakens muscles, relies on a ventilator permanently connected to his windpipe to breathe, but grows celery with the help of his 62-year-old mother.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

“They cannot operate and cut out the marble in my chest that is laying on my windpipe, and eventually would suffocate me to death,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024

The measles virus infects the upper respiratory tract where it uses the trachea, or windpipe, as a trampoline to launch and spread through droplets dispersed when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

Scans revealed he had suffered a 2mm tear in his windpipe.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

So much so, I forced down the barbed lump of betrayal that’d lodged in my windpipe.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone