How to Use lung in a Sentence

lung

noun
  • He filled his lungs with the clean. fresh air.
  • The air burned the eyes and lungs.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Their lungs raced while their quads screamed.
    — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • He was hit through the lungs and stone dead.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
  • My boyfriend sang show tunes at the top of his lungs.
    — New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The chip acts like lung tissue.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Treat profit like the health of your lungs.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • My bullet passed through both lungs.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
  • With no lungs, the highway hits a dead end.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
  • So, yeast found in the bloodstream or mold in the lungs.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The cold made my fingers and toes ache, and my lungs burn.
    — Elizabeth Kelsey, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The right lung is on the left side and the left lung is on the right side.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Hold your breath, keeping your lungs full, for four counts.
    — Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • His response to this was to bark at the top of his lungs.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Others can cause burns to the skin, eyes, throat, nose, and lungs.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The park is the lungs of the city, and there are so many things to see and do here.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
  • There were 13 tumors in his lungs.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The bull slewed around broadside, and a shot through the lungs put it down.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This was scooping muck from the reaches of his lungs.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The airways are the passages that bring air to the lungs.
    — Lauren O'Connor, Health, 2 Sep. 2025
  • As an athlete, my lungs are my engine.
    — Jay Reddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Every trip down and back left his lungs howling.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The risks of heart and lung problems increase.
    — Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Reyes was shot multiple times in an arm, his back and a lung.
    — NBC news, 7 May 2023
  • Exposure to smoke from open fires harmed lungs.
    — Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
  • Each had bites through the backbone and into the lungs and heart.
    — Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Like the clang of bells, the sound bypassed my ears and punched the air from my lungs.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The lungs start filling up with fluid.
    — Akash Kapur, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
  • Keep your lungs empty for four seconds.
    — Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • Each of the women has a heart, a set of lungs and a stomach.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025

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