How to Use lung in a Sentence

lung

noun
Definition of lungnext
  • He filled his lungs with the clean. fresh air.
  • The right lung is on the left side and the left lung is on the right side.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Others can cause burns to the skin, eyes, throat, nose, and lungs.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2023
  • In 2015, she was forced to drop out of Dancing with the Stars due to blood clots in both of her lungs.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Blake Treinen is also on the IL because of a bruised lung.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The impact had broken their ribs and burst their lungs.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Harmonies sung at the top of my lungs in the backseat of my parents’ car.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023
  • The cause was lung cancer that metastasized to the brain, said his son, Michael Austin.
    — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This leads to paralysis and then the end of lung function.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Reyes was shot multiple times in an arm, his back and a lung.
    — NBC news, 7 May 2023
  • In the hospital, doctors drained two and a half liters of fluid from the wall of his lungs.
    — Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 27 Sep. 2023
  • His wife, Cheri Forrester, said the cause was lung cancer.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • After surgery to remove part of the damaged lung, the pup spent six nerve-wracking days in the ICU.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Goldman, 25, had stab wounds to his throat, lungs and abdomen.
    — Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Key Takeaways Running in extreme cold is hard on the heart and lungs.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 23 Jan. 2024
  • In the early 1950s, King George VI’s lung cancer was kept out of the public domain.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
  • In rare cases, the infection can spread outside the lungs to places such as the skin, bones, brain and spinal cord.
    — Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 1 May 2023
  • The fatal round entered his right hip and ripped through his liver, lung and heart.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • First Class Heath Robinson, who died of lung cancer at 39.
    — Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The clone only lived for a few minutes and died because of a lung defect.
    — Theara Coleman, The Week, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The drugs have beaten back all but one tumor in Monje’s lung.
    — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 18 Sep. 2024
  • She was stabbed with an ice pick, with fatal wounds to her heart and lungs, which were determined to be the cause of death.
    — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2024
  • In the clip, Luna and her mom snuggled up on the couch to watch the video, when Luna suddenly screeched at the top of her lungs.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Brosso had suffered a fatal stab wound to her back that pierced her lung and aorta.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But Delfi appears to be the first to focus first on lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death.
    — Matthew Herper Reprints, STAT, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The victim was being treated for a stab wound on the left side of his torso and a punctured lung.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2023
  • All Gosling can eke out is a small grunt/sigh that will basically knock the air right out of your lungs.
    — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 4 May 2024
  • Cold dry air can irritate the airways and lungs, and may weaken our sense of smell.
    — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Inhaling fiberglass could lead to issues affecting the eyes, skin, and lungs.
    — Suzy Forman, SELF, 14 Oct. 2024
  • As a result, lung diseases in certain populations have gone undiagnosed and untreated.
    — Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024

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