How to Use heart attack in a Sentence

heart attack

noun
  • He died of a massive heart attack.
  • Her chest pains turned out to be caused by a minor heart attack.
  • Then, in 1935, at the age of fifty-three, Baruch Israel died of a heart attack.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Patients with hearts in the shape of this pot are at greater risk of a heart attack.
    Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Birth control pills can raise the risk for blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks.
    Maggie Fox, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • All are grilled, all with a low chance of contributing to a heart attacks.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In the movie, Lisa dies from a sudden heart attack while at a restaurant with Monk.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Lange died at age 81 of a heart attack at his home in Mill Valley, Calif.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
  • His mother died in her sleep of a heart attack at age 55 three years ago.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Her mother suffered a heart attack and died on the trip.
    Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • This may increase the risk of heart attack and heart disease.
    Lauren Krouse, Health, 9 June 2024
  • Blood clots raise the likelihood of heart attack and stroke.
    Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Aug. 2024
  • His daughter Mika Ito said the cause was a heart attack.
    Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
  • One piece lodged near his heart and caused a mild heart attack a few days later.
    Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • People who take it may risk heart attack, strokes, and even death.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 5 July 2022
  • These drugs can also lower the risk of events like heart attack or stroke.
    Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2023
  • That same year, Law died of a heart attack while rowing in a regatta at the age of 79.
    Kim O'Connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022
  • Roger Cruz died when his son was 5, succumbing to a heart attack in front of him.
    CBS News, 25 July 2022
  • So Randal, the video-store guy, has a massive heart attack.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Sudden sweating can also be one of the first signs of a heart attack.
    Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Her death certificate listed the cause of death as a heart attack.
    Dave Altimari and Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Men are about twice as likely as women to have a heart attack.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The researchers also note that there was a clear drop in the risk of having a sudden heart attack.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Doug suffered a heart attack after catching the two about to make love.
    Michael Maloney, Variety, 14 Jan. 2024
  • At the same time, Tevel has been coming to grips with the death of her father, who died of a heart attack three years ago.
    Josh Hasten, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Heartburn pain that is severe and lasts longer than 10 to 15 minutes may be due to a heart attack.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 6 Aug. 2023
  • In late April of 1995, Jack Welch suffered a crippling heart attack.
    Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • It’s where her mother was saved after having a heart attack in the mid-1990s.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2022
  • In another instance, a man in the finance department had a heart attack and died at his desk.
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Authorities said that the man likely died of a heart attack when the flight ran into severe turbulence, which left 23 other passengers injured.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024

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