How to Use asthma in a Sentence

asthma

noun
  • Scientists have tied the high rate of childhood asthma in the area to dust from the shrinking lake’s shores.
    Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
  • People who are exposed to stress may develop conditions such as asthma and heart disease.
    Jon Goodwin, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Gas stoves could simply be more common in households that have other factors making their children more likely to suffer from asthma.
    The Editors, National Review, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Dry air can aggravate asthma or sinus problems, which may leave you feeling like you're constantly congested.
    Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Research has linked Saharan dust storms, for instance, with asthma in the Caribbean.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Studies have shown the compound is a respiratory irritant that can trigger asthma attacks, Levy said.
    Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Neighborhoods with a high tree density rate report 25% lower childhood asthma rates4, Lambe says.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Adeyeye knew a lot of people with asthma who already were breathing some of the most polluted air in the Bay Area, made worse by stifling heat waves that have grown longer and more intense.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Certain populations, such as children or people who already have asthma, are more susceptible to diseases from gas stove pollution, Seals says.
    Time, 10 Jan. 2023
  • One of the tracts has an asthma rate of 20.6% -- highest in the U.S., and 2½ times the national rate.
    Mark Nichols, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • One of the members of my party is a 17-year-old who has severe asthma.
    Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • In the South Bronx and Harlem, asthma kills and harms residents at some of the country’s highest rates.
    Yessenia Funes, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
  • Her son was born with asthma and had to have a breathing mechanism for the first year of his life.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Like many children in this borough of New York City, her son has asthma.
    Javacia Harris Bowser, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And then, on my 16th birthday, Mom had an asthma attack.
    Trey Burnette, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Carrasco said the chemical in the air burns the eyes of her 2-year-old son and has caused her asthma to return.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2023
  • This is called allergic asthma and is the most common type.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 20 May 2024
  • But for those with severe asthma, the impact can be much greater, Peden says.
    Linda Carroll, TIME, 30 May 2024
  • This is called allergic asthma and is the most common type.
    USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Wesley, who has asthma, gets off on the third stop on his route and usually spends no more than 30 minutes on the bus.
    Colbi Edmonds, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • In 1984, Mitchel’s parents moved to Arizona due to his father’s asthma.
    Eric J. Greenberg, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2023
  • There are high rates of asthma and poor lung function from fugitive dust in this community and across the city.
    Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Also, gas leaks can be toxic, and gas stoves in homes have been linked to health problems such as childhood asthma.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2023
  • When an asthma attack occurs, the muscles in the airways tighten in an event known as a bronchospasm.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The family soon moved to Portland, Ore., where a young Dr. Berendzen struggled with rheumatic fever and asthma.
    Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Edwin Stanton suffered from asthma and would soon die of it.
    Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • That means fewer asthma attacks, less heart disease and longer lives.
    Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
  • During one assault in 1997, Jaya Prakash’s wife had an asthma attack.
    Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Our kids suffer more from asthma than in almost any other part of Michigan.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2023
  • But researchers have found that there is still something in the dust that is causing higher rates of asthma among people living near the Salton Sea.
    Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024

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