How to Use oxygen mask in a Sentence

oxygen mask

noun
  • Her eyes are shut; her oxygen mask is still on.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
  • Air masks, the oxygen masks dropped from the top of the plane.
    — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Each kit has three sizes of oxygen masks to fit any size dog or cat.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • An oxygen mask placed tightly over her face was filled with smoke.
    — Tabassum Barnagarwala, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2022
  • And the safety briefing on how to use oxygen masks and life vests?
    — Bobby Laurie, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Put on your own oxygen mask first before helping those around you.
    — Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
  • The nurse slapped an oxygen mask over her nose and mouth and reached out to the doctor in charge.
    — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The youngster left the pitch on a stretcher with an oxygen mask and a neck brace.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Kelsey lay in the delivery room, an oxygen mask strapped over her nose and mouth.
    — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Shrapnel from the engine left a hole above the wing, and the oxygen masks dropped.
    — Caitlin Keating, PEOPLE.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • His eye was swollen shut in the video, and he was seen breathing out of an oxygen mask at the time.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023
  • First, the pilots put on their own oxygen masks, and make sure the air is flowing.
    — Jack Stewart, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The actor’s eye was swollen shut in the video, and he was seen breathing out of an oxygen mask.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
  • And that trope about putting your oxygen mask on first in parenting is so vital.
    — Kayla Grant, People.com, 28 May 2025
  • Phones and other items were sucked out of the window as oxygen masks deployed.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Emergency oxygen masks can be seen dangling above some of the seats.
    — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The surfer was given an oxygen mask to keep him conscious, Pereira said.
    — Aric Chokey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Renner’s eye was swollen shut in the video, and he was seen breathing out of an oxygen mask at the time.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The oxygen masks deployed about five seconds after the bangs.
    — Mitch Mitchell and Gordon Dickson, star-telegram, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Passengers were seen wearing oxygen masks and the night sky even peeked out through the gap in some clips.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Some pilots even needed oxygen masks.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Your daughter looks so small in her hospital bed, her face fitted with an oxygen mask.
    — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Stretched on the sidewalk were a half-dozen victims, stunned, listless, in shock, some with oxygen masks.
    — Christopher Ketcham, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • One picture shows him with an oxygen mask, another his torso full of scars.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
  • In those cases, though, the key lies in techniques like rescue breathing and the use of oxygen masks.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 28 Mar. 2023
  • When a hole is punctured, then there’s less pressure, there’s less oxygen, and that’s when the oxygen masks come down.
    — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Inside the room came the steady whoosh of air getting pushed into her lungs by an oxygen mask that obscured her face.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 1 Jan. 2022
  • The woman ripped an oxygen mask out of the ceiling as crew forced her back to her seat, the station reported.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Like Harold, Dean was not on a ventilator but did have to wear an oxygen mask.
    — Byron Tate, Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2021
  • The witness said the woman ripped an oxygen mask out of the ceiling as crew members forced her back into her seat.
    — Keshia Hannam, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2017

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