How to Use pulmonary in a Sentence

pulmonary

adjective

• The aerosols of the Salton Sea trigger unique pulmonary problems in the lungs of mice.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
• The fifth, a five-month-old, died in 1975 from acute pulmonary edema.
  — Fox News, 21 Oct. 2022
• In fact, 10 to 20 percent of RA deaths are due to pulmonary problems.
  — Brittany Risher, Woman's Day, 13 Nov. 2020
• The cause was pulmonary fibrosism, said a son-in-law, Scott Kerns.
  — Washington Post, 3 June 2021
• His son Jeff Sarokin said the cause was pulmonary fibrosis.
  — Joseph P. Fried, New York Times, 24 June 2023
• The blood clots can travel to your lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism.
  — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
• The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, said her cousin Sara Kambestad.
  — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• His cause of death was a pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lungs, The New York Times reported.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• Mensah was on the team but sidelined by a pulmonary embolism.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
• The 2017 research shows that the cause of death in the majority of these cases was a pulmonary fat embolism.
  — Melanie Rud, SELF, 30 Sep. 2022
• Some of them could no longer run or climb stairs, and yet their X-rays and pulmonary-function tests looked normal.
  — New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
• The cause was a pulmonary embolism, said Michael McGowan, his husband.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• The cause was a pulmonary embolism, said a brother, Peter Kallan.
  — Washington Post, 31 May 2021
• Her daughter died from the effects of a pulmonary illness.
  — Karen Pearlman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
• To look for blood clots in the lung, or a pulmonary embolism, your doctor would order a CT scan with contrast.
  — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2023
• His son, Sam, said the cause of death, in a hospital, was pulmonary fibrosis.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• In the past two years, Cheryl Bruce has had a pulmonary embolism and a second knee replacement.
  — The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
• There have been 15 reports of clots in the legs, called deep vein thrombosis, and 22 cases of blood clots that reached the lungs, known as a pulmonary embolism.
  — Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner, 15 Mar. 2021
• Blood clots in the lungs, called pulmonary emboli, most often occur in people who have known risk for them.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2021
• There are two types of clots: deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
  — Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
• The pulmonary team is coming at nine to test his breathing and then more doctors will be there to try to take out his feeding tubes, and then a CAT scan.
  — Danielle McNally, Marie Claire, 27 Sep. 2021
• Ubben, 84, died of pulmonary fibrosis on Dec. 13 at his home, said his son, Jeffrey.
  — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2021
• Two weeks after her son, Khari, was born, Gibson died from a pulmonary embolism.
  — NBC News, 11 Feb. 2022
• Gone are the days of cardiology on floor 4, pulmonary on floor 5, GI on floor 6, and so on, Braithwaite said.
  — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 9 Aug. 2024
• So be aware of any symptoms that may be suspicious for a pulmonary embolism.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• If untreated, a clot could then break off and travel to the lungs and cause a life-threatening pulmonary embolism.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2024
• For example, a pulmonary infection can leave scars in the lungs or trigger blood clots.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
• His wife, Caroline Thiénot-Barbey, said the cause was a pulmonary embolism.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2020
• His death, in a hospital, was from the lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, his family said in a statement.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
• In October, Parker underwent heart surgery to address a condition known as pulmonary stenosis, which went undetected until he was born in 2023.
  — Abigail Adams, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025