How to Use pneumonitis in a Sentence

pneumonitis

noun
  • Symptoms of pneumonitis may include shortness of breath, chest pain, or new or worse cough.
    — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • She was diagnosed with pneumonitis, was taken off the drug and treated to clear up the condition.
    — John Fauber and Coulter Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The acute disease appears to be taking the form of lipoid pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and/or chemical pneumonitis.
    — Michael Siegel, National Review, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Eliana was then sent to Saratosa Hospital, where doctors gave the young girl antibiotics to treat aspiration pneumonia and chemical pneumonitis.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • An 18-year-old woman was diagnosed with hypersensitivity pneumonitis, also known as wet lung, a few weeks after taking up vaping.
    — Julia Belluz, Vox, 18 May 2018
  • Per Mayo Clinic, aspiration pneumonitis refers to swelling, irritation and inflammation of lung tissue.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Kessler, who turned 70 this year, skipped last year's race after being diagnosed with an interstitial lung disease called chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 19 May 2018
  • Her doctors diagnosed hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sometimes called wet lung, an inflammation of the lungs due to an allergic reaction to chemicals or dust.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 17 May 2018
  • Clifton's clinical cause of death was ruled as aspiration pneumonitis following ingestion of corrosive detergent, which was specified as dishwasher detergent pods.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • She was diagnosed with wet lung, formally called hypersensitivity pneumonitis, an inflammatory disease sparked by the immune system after inhaling toxins.
    — Josh Hafner, USA TODAY, 21 May 2018
  • But there are literature reports of hypersensitivity pneumonitis from vaping.
    — Fox News, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis has been referred to as bird breeder’s lung and mushroom picker’s disease in specific occupations with a risk of HP from biological dusts.
    — Hillary Gavan, The Seattle Times, 10 Jan. 2018
  • And nearly one in five developed a potentially fatal lung condition known as noninfectious pneumonitis — the condition Preston-Martin developed.
    — John Fauber and Coulter Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The couple suffered another blow 2 ½ years ago when Kaj Anderson was diagnosed with hypersensitivity pneumonitis with fibrosis.
    — Hillary Gavan, The Seattle Times, 10 Jan. 2018
  • An 18-year-old developed the condition — formally known as hypersensitivity pneumonitis — after vaping for about only three weeks, according to a case study published in the medical journal Pediatrics.
    — Emma Sarran Webster, Teen Vogue, 17 May 2018
  • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis can be caused by 300 different allergens, according to the American Lung Association.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
  • In particular, inhaling Aspergillus fumigatus can cause serious lung problems, including invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, aspergilloma, allergic asthma, pneumonitis and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
    — New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025

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