How to Use Lou Gehrig's disease in a Sentence

Lou Gehrig's disease

noun

• Hawking was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease as a graduate student at Cambridge and was given just two years to live.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2022
• Mendenhall died from Lou Gehrig's disease in 1977, a devastating loss for Boyer that led to depression.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
• Kaplinis was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease three years ago.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Feb. 2022
• Others tell more personal stories, such as the neuroscientist with a tattoo of the type of nerve cell that is damaged in Lou Gehrig's disease, which killed her father.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2011
• The family that encircled and supported a beloved patriarch who slowly lost his battle with Lou Gehrig's disease, which robbed him of his ability to move, speak and, eventually, breathe.
  — Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Dec. 2020
• Grammy-winning artist Roberta Flack has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the progressive illness commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and is unable to sing.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2022
• The software was developed for people with cerebral palsy, spinal muscular atrophy, Lou Gehrig's disease, multiple sclerosis, brain injury and various neurological disorders.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024