How to Use dystonia in a Sentence

dystonia

noun
  • Still other types of dystonia can focus on the legs, hands and feet, even the entire body.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Still other types of dystonia can focus on the legs, hands and feet, even the entire body.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • So because of the cervical dystonia, my, head twists to the right and is misaligned.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2026
  • And having a script decreases her vocal dystonia, which makes her speech sound strained.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
  • What started as a thought quickly turned into a passion project to raise awareness for dystonia.
    — Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
  • There’s also his ever-present goal of bringing more attention to dystonia.
    — Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
  • The cause of dystonia isn't known, but some forms are inherited, states Mayo Clinic.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 9 Dec. 2019
  • So just about any science on laryngeal dystonia seemed worth volunteering for.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The disorder, also known as laryngeal dystonia, hits women more often than men.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Instead, the walk is more of a community event aimed at spreading awareness, as many people with dystonia have trouble walking.
    — Katrina Pross, Twin Cities, 21 June 2019
  • He was diagnosed with focal hand dystonia, and was devastated to hear there was no immediate cure.
    — Fox News, 31 May 2018
  • Deep-brain stimulation is a last resort for all but those with widespread dystonia in many body parts, which, sadly, are often children, experts say.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • One is called cervical dystonia with torticollis, which basically is in the part of my brain that controls movement.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Deep brain stimulators have been used for two decades for movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease and dystonia.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The most common form, cervical dystonia, affects the neck, causing wobbling or worse, the inability to hold the head upright.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The most common form, cervical dystonia, affects the neck, causing wobbling or worse, the inability to hold the head upright.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Treatments for dystonia are limited.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Their oldest son, 20-year-old Tyler, has a neurological disease called dystonia that bounds him to a wheelchair.
    — Jordan McPherson, miamiherald, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Kennedy has spasmodic dysphonia, also called laryngeal dystonia, a condition that strains his speech.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Overtaxing the larynx, for instance, could cause vocal tension dystonia, a speech and swallowing disorder.
    — Alexandra Willingham, CNN, 6 July 2024
  • These brain changes also put professional musicians at risk for developing dystonia.
    — Iris Kulbatski, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Spinney passed away at his Connecticut home after battling dystonia, a common movement disorder.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 8 Dec. 2019
  • His younger sister, Samantha, 17, also suffers from dystonia and sometimes has trouble walking.
    — Jenna West, SI.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Kennedy’s speech often sounds strained and broken from a condition called spasmodic dysphonia, also called laryngeal dystonia.
    — Will Carless, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Klein, one of the world’s leading orchestral oboists, who had joined the orchestra during the Daniel Barenboim era, has been battling focal hand dystonia.
    — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • Desiree updated her friends and family on her condition with posts and videos on Facebook, claiming that doctors had landed on dystonia and linked it to the flu vaccine.
    — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The condition is considered a form of focal dystonia, a movement disorder that causes muscle contractions in a specific body part.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • In the clip posted to the band's official account, Saliers, 62, said she was diagnosed with cervical dystonia and an essential tremor.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Spasmodic dysphonia is classified as a focal dystonia, a dystonia that affects one body part – the vocal folds, in the case of spasmodic dysphonia.
    — Indu Subramanian, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
  • His dystonia only affects his right hand, so van Dongen has been relearning the sport with his left, attempting to become the first professional darts player to throw with his right and left hand.
    — Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026

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