How to Use muscular dystrophy in a Sentence

muscular dystrophy

noun
  • Denise put on skits in the garage to raise money for muscular dystrophy research.
    — CNN, 26 June 2020
  • But when one of them is diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, the couple must test the strength of their love.
    — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Scheier was inspired by her son Oliver, who has a form of muscular dystrophy.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 8 May 2018
  • Jimenez has a form of muscular dystrophy, which impedes his mobility and the use of his arms and legs.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The 26-year-old spent his life battling muscular dystrophy with his father by his side.
    — CBS News, 29 June 2021
  • Vasquez, 40, who has lived with muscular dystrophy since birth, depends on his father to be his arms and legs.
    — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Three had previously been in good health, and the 9-year-old had muscular dystrophy.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
  • This disease is the most common form of muscular dystrophy that begins in adulthood.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2022
  • On their third date, Hunter told her that heart failure was common for patients with his type of muscular dystrophy.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 10 May 2022
  • He was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a child and uses a wheelchair.
    — Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Meade has lived with muscular dystrophy for decades, which eventually robbed him of the ability to walk.
    — Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Ruth Peretz was 16 years old and had both cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Andres was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when he was born and suffered a stroke last year, Bermudez said.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 28 June 2021
  • But she's decided that Ali, who has a rare form of muscular dystrophy, will attend school online.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 28 Aug. 2020
  • That child would go on to be diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and inspire his high school basketball team from a wheelchair.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 12 Aug. 2021
  • His friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz said in a statement that the cause was muscular dystrophy.
    — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Behind her was a large photo of Mattie, her son who died at the age of 13 from a rare form of muscular dystrophy.
    — Laurel Demkovich, Washington Post, 22 June 2019
  • LaVonte’e understood that on better days, Michael, who had muscular dystrophy, might spend much of his time in that chair.
    — Sam Dolnick, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The clinical trial was to be the first time anyone got a gene editing therapy for muscular dystrophy.
    — Ryan Cross — The Boston Globe, STAT, 5 Nov. 2022
  • But punching a hole in muscular dystrophy might be one of the best benefits the technique could possibly provide.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Wong was born with spinal muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic condition that causes muscles to become weak and waste away.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
  • But he could be helped in the future if drugs to cure his form of muscular dystrophy make it through an initial round of human testing, according to his mother.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Underwood has muscular dystrophy and has endured three heart attacks and a quadruple bypass.
    — Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Brandon McConnell, who has muscular dystrophy, loves to swim, ride horseback and sing karaoke with friends at summer camp.
    — Michael Quintanilla, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Duchenne, the most common form of muscular dystrophy, begins with muscle weakness and damage and progresses over time.
    — Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 10 Aug. 2025
  • At the age of two, Lee was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, a form of muscular dystrophy.
    — Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Morton, 25, was born with a rare form of muscular dystrophy called Ullrich, which requires her to rely on a wheelchair.
    — Jordan Greene, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Castellanos’s daughter, who has muscular dystrophy, wound up trapped in her bedroom yelling for help, the AP reported.
    — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Clyde Edwards-Helaire said seeing women coaching in this game means a lot to him with his younger sister having muscular dystrophy.
    — Teresa M. Walker, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2021
  • The actor who plays the part is John Gluck, who was born with a rare disease called collagen VI muscular dystrophy.
    — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2021

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