How to Use airway in a Sentence

airway

noun

• Magnus said officers were not restricting his airway with any form of chokehold, and no officer placed a knee on his neck.
  — Bree Burkitt, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2020
• The vapors can cause lung and airway irritation, and direct exposure to the skin can cause lesions.
  — John D'anna, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2020
• Often, this means removing or rebuilding tissues of the airway.
  — Matt Fuchs, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
• Paramedics arrived and took the child to a nearby hospital where it was determined the boy had swallowed a coin, which had lodged in his throat and blocked his airway.
  — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 18 June 2020
• At that point, an infected person typically has severe coughing fits as their body tries to clear mucus from the airways.
  — Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 16 Oct. 2024
• Intubated means inserting a tube into a patient's mouth and airway so that they can be placed on a ventilator.
  — Stephanie Innes, USA TODAY, 7 July 2020
• After more than eight minutes of his airway being blocked, Floyd died of mechanical asphyxia.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 29 June 2020
• The boy had swallowed a coin, which got stuck in his throat and blocked his airway, officials said, adding that Kinsey’s actions turned the coin sideways and allowed the child to breathe again.
  — Fox News, 18 June 2020
• The only difference is that the deaths stemming from their version of the illness are enacted in a slower, quieter, and less public fashion than a knee to the airway.
  — David Malebranche, STAT, 4 June 2020
• Once again, my inner doctor took over to do an assessment: airway, breathing, circulation, exposure.
  — Seema Jilani, The New York Review of Books, 18 Aug. 2020
• Pneumonia is a broad term for inflammation of the airways caused by a bacterial, viral or fungal infection.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
• The virus also travels in larger, heavier droplets, but these quickly fall to the ground after they are expelled from the airway and do not have the same reach or longevity as their smaller counterparts.
  — Katherine J. Wu, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2020
• The chemicals can weaken and damage tissue in the airways - including the fine cilia hairs or larger hairs that help protect the airway from foreign intruders, such as a virus.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2020
• This chronic lung disease causes inflammation and narrowing of the airways, making breathing difficult.
  — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 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

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024