windpipe

With the pressure inside my throat from the tube and the pressure outside the windpipe from my thyroid, maybe there was some damage to the nerves.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

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

The mother of two has idiopathic laryngotracheal stenosis, a rare condition that affects one in 500,000 women and causes abnormal narrowing of the voice box and windpipe.

From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025

It entails wrapping both arms around a choking victim from behind, making a fist just over the victim’s navel and thrusting upward sharply five times to eject an object that is obstructing the windpipe.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

Tip stuck her finger into the high, frilly collar of her blouse and pulled it away from her windpipe.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

If their windpipes are practically crushed inside their necks and their soft palates are elongated, frequently that is simply the way they are bred.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023

Birds and reptiles have very different ways of producing sounds using the organs that surround their windpipes and lungs.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023

He provided artificial windpipes to 20 patients from countries that included Spain, Russian, Iceland, Britain and the United States.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2022

Between 2011 and 2014, Macchiarini implanted artificial windpipes in at least eight patients in Sweden, the United States, and Russia.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 16, 2022

Even that most doleful of Christian laments—“Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”—sounded snappy and upbeat through these women’s windpipes as they sauntered along: “Nani oze mpasi zazo! Nani oze mpasi!”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver