How to Use bronchitis in a Sentence

bronchitis

noun
  • The laughs here are as dry as a cough post-bronchitis.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Do colds seem to stick around for weeks or turn into bronchitis?
    — Consumer Reports, Washington Post, 16 July 2017
  • The main difference is that bronchitis doesn't come with a high fever.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Eastern tribes used the leaves to treat colds, bronchitis, and asthma.
    — Popular Science, 28 Mar. 2020
  • His wife also was in the hospital around the same time to treat a case of bronchitis.
    — Matt Richardson, Fox News, 23 Apr. 2018
  • It was discovered during a check-up while on the mend from bronchitis.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 2 May 2026
  • The lung infection can also look like bronchitis, a cold, or the flu.
    — Karen Pallarito, Health, 6 July 2023
  • Cory Joseph missed Monday’s game due to a bout with bronchitis.
    — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Saura was unable to attend due to bronchitis and accepted via a video speech.
    — Udita Jhunjhunwala, Variety, 20 Nov. 2022
  • That meant anyone with bronchitis might be offered a kind of gelatinous hot toddy.
    — Chris Baraniuk, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Shortness of breath can also be a sign of bronchitis or pneumonia.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Over the winter months, Francis has battled with bouts of bronchitis, cold and flu.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Acute bronchitis resolves in a couple of weeks, while chronic bronchitis may last for months and come and go.
    — Kathi Valeii, Verywell Health, 4 July 2024
  • Two emergency room visits, for bronchitis and a bad fall, had left her with thousands of dollars in bills.
    — Abby Goodnough and Reed Abelson, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2016
  • The common cold, the flu, bronchitis and asthma all very much continue to exist.
    — Daniel Dale and Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The other main form of bronchitis is called chronic bronchitis.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The small particles can cause burning eyes, runny nose, scratchy throat, headaches and illness, such as bronchitis.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2021
  • In this instance, a case of bronchitis worsened and turned into a complex pneumonia in both lungs.
    — Anne Thompson, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Quecke has chronic bronchitis and asthma and had to stop working as a security guard.
    — Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Symptoms include a runny nose, a headache, a cough, a sore throat, and fever, but the virus also can cause pneumonia or bronchitis.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2020
  • When the virus moves to the lower airways into the bronchi or the lungs, pneumonia or bronchitis can develop.
    — CBS News, 13 Oct. 2022
  • He was treated for bronchitis and sent back to the care home, where caregivers gave him applesauce with his medications.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
  • It’s been used for thousands of years in traditional and folk medicine to treat a range of issues from bronchitis to skin infections.
    — Katie Camero, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The cause was bronchitis and pneumonia, said his wife, Azucena.
    — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2018
  • But bronchitis is hard to maintain on any kind of regular basis just to please the lonely faction of my male listeners.
    — Julie Dicaro, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Indigenous people made an herbal tea from its leaves and berries to treat poison oak rash, bronchitis, and stomach and kidney ailments.
    — Brian E. Clark, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Zuniga ticked off a long list of ailments that have sent her child to the doctor in recent months, from parainfluenza to bronchitis (twice).
    — Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Shoulder surgery pain that keeps me awake at night and now a wicked case of bronchitis which came with my sticking my tongue into the mouths of half of the boys at Monik’s.
    — David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
  • For the past few months, the pope has been battling frequent bouts of bronchitis, cold and the flu, with regular visits to the hospital for checks on his lungs.
    — NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • That night, the train derailed, and two days later, as smoke billowed from the railroad tracks, all six girls developed runny noses and bronchitis-like coughs.
    — Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023

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