How to Use oxygen in a Sentence

oxygen

noun
  • Even the air seems to have more oxygen.
    — Alysia Reiner, Flow Space, 18 June 2026
  • That boosts oxygen and blood flow to the brain.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • His heart can’t pump enough blood and oxygen to meet his body’s needs.
    — Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
  • That trickle of oxygen can make or break a wine.
    — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
  • If oxygen is still able to get in or out, food will not keep for very long.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
  • Low bond yields have been oxygen for the stock rally.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 May 2026
  • Earth’s ocean of magma was full of oxygen.
    — Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2026
  • The central unit is an oxygen atom.
    — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026
  • There is only so much time, so much oxygen, to go around.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But there was no more oxygen inside.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Live shows are oxygen for your career.
    — Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • That could include a lack of oxygen.
    — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Birds and their nests are alive in an ecosystem of life and oxygen.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
  • For him, the oxygen eases the pain.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Iron helps transport oxygen around the body.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2026
  • There’s very rarely much oxygen for other events in the city to breathe.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Turn the oxygen up even higher.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The seed won't absorb the oxygen.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Without blood, there is no oxygen.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Crews used an oxygen tank and mask due to the air quality in the hole.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • This type of stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain.
    — Alyssa Hui, Health, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Food is often cut off from oxygen when it's piled up in a landfill.
    — London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024
  • That little laugh is like a little breath of oxygen.
    — Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The loud hum of his oxygen machine echoed through the courtroom.
    — Steve Karnowski, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • But there will be three issues that take up a lot of the headlines and oxygen.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Iron helps transport oxygen from the lungs to cells throughout the body.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 8 July 2025
  • The compound will mix with your red blood cells, which carry oxygen.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 24 July 2022
  • What’s strange is that cancer cells do this even when oxygen is abundant.
    — James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Should oxygen levels drop low enough for even a few minutes, cells will die.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • My breaths are coming short and fast like the last gasps of a fish that can't get enough oxygen.
    — Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025

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