windpipe

Example Sentences

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The numbing lidocaine was injected first and sprayed down my windpipe, making me feel as if I were drowning.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

In addition to farm work, she provides for her son day and night, including cooking and cleaning the ventilation tube in his windpipe.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

The larynx functions like an antechamber to the windpipe, or trachea, with a flap of tissue called the epiglottis keeping food and drink from falling down the windpipe.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Intubation, the process of placing a breathing tube into the windpipe - which should only take a few minutes - did not occur for 18 minutes.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2023

The pressure on my windpipe eased and I felt a delicious fullness in my lungs.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover