How to Use windpipe in a Sentence

windpipe

noun
  • She got something stuck in her windpipe.
  • Nasal hair cannot stop them, nor can the mucus in the windpipe.
    — Vijayta Lalwani, Quartz India, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Her old windpipe looks raw and red, her new one smooth as porcelain.
    — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The sting of anger races down my windpipe, rooting through my lungs.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Her windpipe is severed, her skirt is hiked, her panties are under her body.
    — James Ellroy, Vanities, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Next, the glottis snaps shut, putting a lid over the trachea, or windpipe.
    — Howard Lewine, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The seat belt appeared to be wrapped around the child's windpipe, said the restaurant.
    — Kelsie Smith, CNN, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The rope dropped heavy over her head and tightened around her throat, crushing her windpipe.
    — Ayana Mathis, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
  • In the story, a piece of steak is stuck in the narrator’s windpipe.
    — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Avoid pressing on the windpipe, but also, avoid pressing on the sides of the neck.
    — Keren Landman, Vox, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Peck pushed a tube down the windpipe to open an airway and covered his torso with a chest seal.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2019
  • Collars can create strain on your dog's windpipe and in some cases, their spine.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2022
  • That’s when doctors have to insert a tube in the windpipe of someone who can’t breathe on her own.
    — Marthe Fourcade, Bloomberg.com, 5 June 2020
  • With croup, the virus infects the vocal cords, windpipe and bronchial tubes, Piperidis said.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Williams, 27, said doctors sewed up two large holes in Chlo’ee’s windpipe.
    — Ramon Antonio Vargas | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Your throat, or pharynx, is a tube that carries air to your windpipe and larynx (known as the voice box).
    — Laura Schober, Health, 3 July 2024
  • With his windpipe cleared, the man reportedly man went on to enjoy the rest of his meal.
    — Southern Living, 28 June 2018
  • Stacy's torso was nearly cut in half, her throat was cut to her windpipe and her wrist was slashed to the bone.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Stacy's torso was nearly cut in half, her throat was cut to her windpipe and her wrist was slashed to the bone.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Stacy's torso was nearly sliced in two, her throat was cut to her windpipe and her wrist was slashed to the bone.
    — Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2014
  • Your vocal cords are two muscular bands that sit in your larynx, above your windpipe.
    — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Half a cherry tomato had been lodged in his windpipe, cutting off oxygen to his brain.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
  • When the video starts, the turtle has the duck’s neck gripped in its jaws, either by a strip of skin or maybe by the windpipe.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 13 July 2023
  • The first shot had hit in the neck six inches behind the head, about three inches low, grazing the windpipe.
    — Fred C. Mercer, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The force of the cord around his windpipe instantly rips the man back to reality.
    — Jen Spyra, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The machine is connected to a patient through a tube that goes into the windpipe.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2020
  • The carotid artery can be felt on either side of your neck, in the depression adjacent to your windpipe.
    — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Slide two fingers to either side of your windpipe around the level of your Adam’s apple.
    — Trisha Pasricha, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • For example, a slippery hard candy with a round shape about the size of a drinking straw could block a windpipe.
    — Lauren Harrison, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Oxygen can be delivered through tubes resting in the nose, a face mask or tube placed in the trachea or windpipe.
    — CNN, 4 Oct. 2020

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