How to Use pneumonia in a Sentence

pneumonia

noun
  • He caught pneumonia over the winter.
  • Her death is thought to be a result of pneumonia.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Keaton died from pneumonia at the age of 79.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 Oct. 2025
  • How does pneumonia cause death?
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The pneumonia wasn't going away, and then my lungs filled with blood.
    — Tricia Despres, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Roscoe caught pneumonia again and was struggling to breathe.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • One in five get pneumonia and one in 100 die.
    — Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Kilmer died last April at the age of 65 from pneumonia.
    — Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Now Ruben had pneumonia, and once more his sister took charge.
    — Eric A. Gordon, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Scarpati was the first to get sick—a bout with pneumonia that left him depleted.
    — Negar Azimi, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The virus can also cause pneumonia, which can make older adults very sick.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Severe cases can progress to pneumonia or swelling of the brain.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 9 July 2025
  • Severe cases can progress to pneumonia or swelling of the brain.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
  • That would still be triple the death rate from flu and pneumonia in 2019.
    — Greg Ip, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The actor died last year at 65, of pneumonia.
    — ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • And not so long ago, the Queen had a serious case of pneumonia.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Sep. 2025
  • She was diagnosed as having bronchial pneumonia and spent the next two weeks in bed.
    — Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
  • That’s about four to five times the number of annual deaths from flu and pneumonia.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2020
  • In that call, my uncle was silent, unable to speak due to advanced pneumonia.
    — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The doctor doesn’t tell you then that pneumonia is the most common cause of death in measles patients.
    — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Bowie had been bedridden with pneumonia through the battle, and met his death fighting from his cot.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 16 Mar. 2021
  • My grandmother used to say, when white folks get a cold, Black folks get pneumonia.
    — Dalí Adekunle, refinery29.com, 16 June 2021
  • Sepsis can be due to any sort of infection like pneumonia.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 May 2026
  • Brittany died at 32 years old, with her cause of death noted as pneumonia.
    — Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Forsythe died of pneumonia in 2010 at the age of 92.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026
  • Haim died of pneumonia in 2010 at the age of 38.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In some cases, measles can lead to pneumonia, brain infection and death.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Muscle strains, pneumonia, a blood clot in the lungs, and heart issues can all cause chest pain while breathing.
    — Sarah Jividen, Health, 18 July 2024
  • Studies have reported that some children die of pneumonia in as few as two days.
    — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
  • For example, flu can lead to pneumonia.
    — Dr. Kristina Bryant, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025

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