How to Use muscular dystrophy in a Sentence

muscular dystrophy

noun

• But when one of them is diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, the couple must test the strength of their love.
  — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2024
• Behind her was a large photo of Mattie, her son who died at the age of 13 from a rare form of muscular dystrophy.
  — Laurel Demkovich, Washington Post, 22 June 2019
• Denise put on skits in the garage to raise money for muscular dystrophy research.
  — CNN, 26 June 2020
• Vasquez, 40, who has lived with muscular dystrophy since birth, depends on his father to be his arms and legs.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020
• Jimenez has a form of muscular dystrophy, which impedes his mobility and the use of his arms and legs.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2020
• The home was owned by Walter Walsh, who had three sons with muscular dystrophy and required wheelchairs to get around.
  — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 28 May 2021
• His friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz said in a statement that the cause was muscular dystrophy.
  — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
• The 26-year-old spent his life battling muscular dystrophy with his father by his side.
  — CBS News, 29 June 2021
• Thomas, age 11, of Avon Lake, has spinal muscular dystrophy.
  — cleveland, 23 Dec. 2019
• The actor who plays the part is John Gluck, who was born with a rare disease called collagen VI muscular dystrophy.
  — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2021
• Scheier was inspired by her son Oliver, who has a form of muscular dystrophy.
  — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 8 May 2018
• LaVonte’e understood that on better days, Michael, who had muscular dystrophy, might spend much of his time in that chair.
  — Sam Dolnick, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Three had previously been in good health, and the 9-year-old had muscular dystrophy.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
• On their third date, Hunter told her that heart failure was common for patients with his type of muscular dystrophy.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 10 May 2022
• Ruth Peretz was 16 years old and had both cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 23 Oct. 2023
• Morgan Hoffmann, making a long-shot bid to keep his tour card after two years away from golf because of muscular dystrophy, missed the cut with rounds of 73 and 80.
  — Ben Nuckols, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2022
• The Wilsons have also given millions to build schools in Ethiopia and to seek a cure for muscular dystrophy, a disease that afflicts Chip Wilson.
  — Time, 16 Sep. 2022
• Brandon McConnell, who has muscular dystrophy, loves to swim, ride horseback and sing karaoke with friends at summer camp.
  — Michael Quintanilla, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Sep. 2022
• Andres was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when he was born and suffered a stroke last year, Bermudez said.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 28 June 2021
• This disease is the most common form of muscular dystrophy that begins in adulthood.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2022
• Meade has lived with muscular dystrophy for decades, which eventually robbed him of the ability to walk.
  — Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 6 Oct. 2022
• But she's decided that Ali, who has a rare form of muscular dystrophy, will attend school online.
  — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 28 Aug. 2020
• But he could be helped in the future if drugs to cure his form of muscular dystrophy make it through an initial round of human testing, according to his mother.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
• Hamid Reza Mohammadi, 53, spends much of his free time going in search of drugs for his wife and daughter, both of whom suffer from muscular dystrophy.
  — Mohammad Nasiri, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2019
• Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a child, Clemmons will major in nursing at U of L to join the profession that has helped her.
  — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 20 May 2020
• Castellanos’s daughter, who has muscular dystrophy, wound up trapped in her bedroom yelling for help, the AP reported.
  — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2022
• That child would go on to be diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and inspire his high school basketball team from a wheelchair.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 12 Aug. 2021
• But punching a hole in muscular dystrophy might be one of the best benefits the technique could possibly provide.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2018
• The former nurse aide falsely claimed that Gypsy Rose suffered from leukemia, muscular dystrophy and more, and had her daughter confined to a wheelchair with a feeding tube.
  — Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2024
• Her parents took her to doctor after doctor in New York City before one specialist finally put a name to it: limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 5 June 2024

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024