How to Use diaphragm in a Sentence

diaphragm

noun
  • Many nerves link the base of the brain through the ear canal, the jaw, and down to the diaphragm.
    Cathie Ericson, Health, 23 May 2024
  • To do so, brace your diaphragm and take a nice, deep breath.
    Jillian Mock, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Bethany Birch had pain in her diaphragm on and off for eight months in 2016.
    Bram Sable-Smith, CBS News, 27 June 2023
  • The two bullets in his back tore through his diaphragm and lodged in his spine.
    Emily Wilder, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2021
  • The pressure from your breath is sent back up to your diaphragm and lungs, and then out of your body.
    Sivan Fagan, SELF, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The round ripped through her liver, diaphragm, heart and left lung.
    Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The tear appeared to be at the lower left end of the esophagus, just above the diaphragm.
    Douglas G. Adler, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The drivers have a new custom diaphragm made from polyurethane (PU) and graphene.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The spring inside the spring brake chamber may allow the pressure plate to shift and wear a hole through the diaphragm.
    Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The third step is the forceful contraction of the muscles of the chest cage, abdomen, and diaphragm.
    Howard Lewine, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Inhale three quick breaths through your nose and fill your diaphragm with air.
    Nick Owchar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Vranich says that the most optimal breaths start in your diaphragm, rather than in your chest.
    Kara McGrath, Allure, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The crash broke his neck, ruptured his diaphragm and shredded his spleen.
    Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Two keys to using the mouth call: Don’t simply blow across the reeds, but huff air up from deep in your diaphragm.
    Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 20 Apr. 2020
  • The diaphragm contracts, as do muscles in the chest and abdomen, and the vocal cords close to build pressure in the lungs.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The needle hits the shellac and starts to dance back and forth in the groove, pushing air through a diaphragm to amplify the sound.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
  • The tumor has reached the wall of the chest, the inner lining of the chest wall, the diaphragm, or the nerve that controls the diaphragm, among other places.
    Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The leg muscles are the most common sites of polio damage, along with the muscles of the head, neck, and diaphragm.
    Alexander B. Joy, The Atlantic, 28 July 2019
  • The new machines sense the diaphragm’s spasms that signal the desire to breathe, and the breath’s timing and volume, and can match both to a tee.
    Jamieson Webster, The New York Review of Books, 2 Apr. 2021
  • To acquaint you with the function of your diaphragm, place your hands on your lower ribs.
    Dana Santas, CNN, 23 June 2021
  • The pain signal from the esophagus uses the same pathway as the nerves in the diaphragm and abdomen.
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 1 July 2024
  • Remember to breathe from your diaphragm and not your chest.
    Philly.com, 11 July 2017
  • Warm up those vocal chords, and don't forget to use your diaphragm.
    Kendall Trammell, CNN, 25 Nov. 2020
  • That means relaxing the diaphragm to allow the lungs to fill more fully.
    K. Aleisha Fetters, SELF, 9 Dec. 2017
  • That, Seifi says, tricks the diaphragm into setting aside the hiccups.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2021
  • Her post-verbal texts are made of glottal stops and hisses, tongue clicks and tones pushed out from the diaphragm.
    Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 14 May 2018
  • Normally when the diaphragm does this, air rushes in and fills our lungs.
    Sam Kean, Slate Magazine, 24 July 2017
  • She was left with holes in her stomach and diaphragm, and part of her pancreas was removed.
    Jay Croft, CNN, 2 June 2023
  • Most hunters, if allowed to take only one call into the woods, would choose a diaphragm mouth call.
    Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 4 May 2020
  • This approach fully engages the diaphragm — the main breathing muscle — and allows for a deeper and calmer breath.
    Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024

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