How to Use brittle bone disease in a Sentence

brittle bone disease

noun
  • Once a regular on Stanford University’s campus, Dahl now spends most of his time alone at home due to brittle bone disease.
    — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Watson was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, a genetic condition in which the body does not make enough collagen to keep bones strong.
    — Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Furthermore, the pair just welcomed a baby girl in July 2025, who was diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Before she was born, Lea had suffered more than 30 fractures in utero as a result of osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disorder known as brittle bone disease that also affected the development of her limbs and lungs.
    — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Boston writer-director Brendan Boogie saw the post and reached out to Dubs, who has Osteogenesis Imperfecta, which is also called brittle bone disease.
    — Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The analyst attributed the bullish outlook to an update in the company’s Cosmic and Orbit studies, which evaluate the effect of setrusumab, a treatment for osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The married couple, who were both born with osteogenesis imperfecta type 3, also known as brittle bone disease, have moved into their first apartment, are settling into newlywed life and beginning to explore the possibility of welcoming a baby together.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026

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