How to Use diaphragm in a Sentence

diaphragm

noun
  • The round ripped through her liver, diaphragm, heart and left lung.
    — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Inhale three quick breaths through your nose and fill your diaphragm with air.
    — Nick Owchar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The two bullets in his back tore through his diaphragm and lodged in his spine.
    — Emily Wilder, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2021
  • It can be made with the cedar box, a diaphragm, or your own vocal cords.
    — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Many nerves link the base of the brain through the ear canal, the jaw, and down to the diaphragm.
    — Cathie Ericson, Health, 23 May 2024
  • As your diaphragm and rib muscles contract, your lungs fill with air.
    — Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 1 July 2024
  • Warm up those vocal chords, and don't forget to use your diaphragm.
    — Kendall Trammell, CNN, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The crash broke his neck, ruptured his diaphragm and shredded his spleen.
    — Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The pressure from your breath is sent back up to your diaphragm and lungs, and then out of your body.
    — Sivan Fagan, SELF, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Vranich says that the most optimal breaths start in your diaphragm, rather than in your chest.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The diaphragm of a smoker with lung damage will show muscle loss.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2025
  • And so in our bodies, our lungs are powered partly by our diaphragm.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2025
  • Normally when the diaphragm does this, air rushes in and fills our lungs.
    — Sam Kean, Slate Magazine, 24 July 2017
  • Next, thrust in an inward and upward motion on the diaphragm.
    — Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • To acquaint you with the function of your diaphragm, place your hands on your lower ribs.
    — Dana Santas, CNN, 23 June 2021
  • The Nikon lens lacks a diaphragm to adjust its aperture and hence its depth of field.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Apr. 2024
  • She was left with holes in her stomach and diaphragm, and part of her pancreas was removed.
    — Jay Croft, CNN, 2 June 2023
  • Faison’s late-stage cancer has spread from his right lung to his diaphragm and liver.
    — Beth Nakamura, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The doctor leans in to lay the cold diaphragm of her stethoscope against your daughter’s back.
    — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Most hunters, if allowed to take only one call into the woods, would choose a diaphragm mouth call.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 4 May 2020
  • Bethany Birch had pain in her diaphragm on and off for eight months in 2016.
    — Bram Sable-Smith, CBS News, 27 June 2023
  • That man inspired me all my life to get my voice crisper, get my diaphragm harder, use less air and just spit it out.
    — Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times, 27 May 2017
  • What researchers call beige fat, meanwhile, is found above our diaphragms and along our necks and upper spine.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Her post-verbal texts are made of glottal stops and hisses, tongue clicks and tones pushed out from the diaphragm.
    — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 14 May 2018
  • That means relaxing the diaphragm to allow the lungs to fill more fully.
    — K. Aleisha Fetters, SELF, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Repeat this pattern, breathing from your diaphragm and working to keep each breath long and smooth.
    — Emilia Benton, SELF, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Voluntary muscles are the ones that connect to the bones, face, throat and diaphragm.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Hot or spicy foods, for instance, can stimulate the nerves that control the diaphragm.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Diaphragm types The diaphragm is the hard, round piece at the end of the stethoscope tube, which picks up sound.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The diaphragm outside of its mouth has since deflated, Boothe said.
    — Janet I. Tu, The Seattle Times, 29 May 2017

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