How to Use cystic fibrosis in a Sentence

cystic fibrosis

noun
  • Lisle, who has cystic fibrosis, must stay in the hospital weeks at a time.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Five Feet Apart, a film about two teens with cystic fibrosis.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The two of them play cystic fibrosis patients who have to stay six feet apart from each other at all times.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 21 Feb. 2019
  • The life span for someone with cystic fibrosis used to be about 30 years.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
  • Two of my friends had daughters who died of cystic fibrosis in their 20s.
    — Abby Alten Schwartz, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Decades ago, most cystic fibrosis sufferers died by the age of 5.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2021
  • For most of his life, he was hospitalized twice a year as a result of his cystic fibrosis.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 22 June 2022
  • Only a select few knew his private life of cystic fibrosis.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But advances in the treatment of the disease have led cystic fibrosis patients to live decades longer.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Pills that wrench decades of life from a cancer death sentence or ease the breathing of patients with cystic fibrosis.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 3 Nov. 2022
  • This is often the case with children who have cystic fibrosis or kidney failure.
    — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Sep. 2017
  • The friend’s grandma had worked in the lab where cystic fibrosis was first named and assisted on that research.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The West Allis team has won the cystic fibrosis climb held every fall for five years in a row.
    — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Does somebody in my family have cystic fibrosis or something else or something that could hurt the lungs?
    — Fox News, 18 June 2020
  • Your lab co-discovered the cystic fibrosis gene in 1989 amid hopes a cure would come soon.
    — Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The pastor turned full-time artist buys glitter by the pound to illustrate his battle with cystic fibrosis.
    — Cara Anthony, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Watt is a patient at the city’s famous kids’ hospital, where she has been treated with cystic fibrosis since she was born.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 17 Jan. 2018
  • All proceeds will go to the Lost Lake fundraiser in support of those with cystic fibrosis.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2019
  • In 1991 their son, Colin, who had cystic fibrosis, died in his arms.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Half of children and one-third of adults with cystic fibrosis rely on Medicaid.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
  • A couple in Texas was told not to wear masks when visiting a restaurant with a four-year-old son who has cystic fibrosis.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Even when both parents are carriers, there’s just a 25% chance of having a child with cystic fibrosis.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • During last two weeks of May each grade level held their own cystic fibrosis walk around the track and baseball diamond.
    — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2021
  • The wish is also a dream come true for his family of five who is also getting a break from the hardship of living with cystic fibrosis.
    — CBS News, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Their daughter, Pauline, who had cystic fibrosis, died in 1997.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Kelly, 35, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as an infant and has never been healthy enough to work full time.
    — Liz Szabo, CNN, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Abernathy, who had cystic fibrosis, died in June 2007.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But cystic fibrosis was a tether, yanking O’Neal back home for treatments.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Both Cole and Haley play cystic fibrosis patients who fall in love while treated at the same hospital.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 17 June 2018
  • Already fighting a rare disease, the O’Neals' race made their cystic fibrosis story even more unique.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026

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