How to Use airway in a Sentence

airway

noun

• Smoke that contains chlorine compounds can cause irritation of the eyes and the airways and other symptoms.
  — Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
• Without treatment, anaphylaxis can lead to a blocked airway, cardiac arrest, breathing problems, and shock.
  — Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 19 Oct. 2024
• Since the voice box and the airway are at the front of the neck, a fracture can impact two parts of the body.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2021
• The moisture helps open the airways to relieve dry cough.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 10 July 2023
• Her airway had narrowed to the size of the opening of a drinking straw.
  — Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 4 July 2021
• The deputy then instructs the paramedic to put the injured man on his back and to open his airway.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2022
• Coughing is your body's way of trying to keep the airways clear.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
• When a person is asleep, the muscles around the back of the throat relax, and this can be enough to close the airway.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2021
• The best way to do that is to keep the head and shoulders aligned which keeps the airway as open as possible.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 24 May 2022
• This supports the jaw and increases space in the airway.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 11 June 2021
• Choking occurs when food or small objects get caught in the throat and block the airway.
  — Lauren Harrison, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Apr. 2021
• Make sure there's nothing in the person's mouth or cheek that would block their airway.
  — Sarah Fielding, Health.com, 16 Nov. 2021
• These restraints restrict the airway or blood flow to the brain when pressure is applied to the neck.
  — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2021
• This one, however, seems to like the airway above the lungs, including the throat.
  — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2022
• The baby has stopped breathing; shift her head so that her airway opens.
  — David Wallace, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
• The airway went silent, the body relaxed and there was something in the next moments that felt to him almost like peace.
  — Eli Saslow Erin Schaff Eli Saslow, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• But deep in the airway, T cells may provide a second line of defense.
  — Carl Zimmer, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2021
• To prevent this, your jaw may grind back and forth to keep the airway open, which can result in restless sleep.
  — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 24 Aug. 2021
• By then a sergeant, Bee held the hand of an American sniper who had just been shot in the head, as a medic sliced open the man’s throat for an airway.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2021
• Or worse, in the most severe cases, there can be swelling of the throat blocking the airway completely.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2023
• The toxins damage the cilia and cause the upper airways to swell, according to the CDC.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2024
• The surgery opens a direct path through the neck and into the airway so that doctors can insert a breathing tube.
  — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2021
• When that didn’t work, firefighters used a scope to find a grape stuck in the child’s airway, Wagner said.
  — Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 23 Aug. 2022
• Herbal Products Some herbal products can help clear phlegm out of your airways.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
• His mouthpiece forces his tongue to the roof of his mouth and aligns his jaw, which helps open the airway for non-obstructed breathing.
  — Katie Dupere, Men's Health, 11 July 2022
• Despite this, paramedics were unable to clear Buss’ airways, the outlet added.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
• This method is often used for babies with a blocked airway or a large tumor at birth.
  — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
• Bronchitis occurs when the airways in the lungs, which are known as the bronchial tubes, become inflamed.
  — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2023
• Whereas the larynx resides at the top of the main airway, the syrinx sits at the bottom, where the trachea (aka the windpipe) branches out to the lungs.
  — Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2022
• That prompted the airway physician, the emergency physician that was out on the field, to be at his bedside in less than a minute.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024