How to Use asthma in a Sentence

asthma

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• The money could also be used to help a child manage their medicine or take better care of their asthma.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022
• In 1984, Mitchel’s parents moved to Arizona due to his father’s asthma.
  — Eric J. Greenberg, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2023
• Just think about the chat bots, the virtual telehealth, and apps that can help to predict your asthma attack.
  — Quartz, 6 Dec. 2022
• Researchers have linked the dust that blows off the playa to the region’s abnormally high rates of childhood asthma.
  — Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
• 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
• In modern medicine, it is used to help treat ulcers, asthma, and bronchitis.
  — Madhur Jaffrey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2022
• Williams, a single mother, has asthma, as do her two children.
  — Fox News, 21 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Some activists say rerouted truck traffic could worsen asthma rates in the Bronx that are already high.
  — Ana Ley, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• An emergency room physician told her the problem was caused by asthma.
  — Liz Szabo, NBC News, 22 Apr. 2024
• Particles from smoke can be breathed into the lungs and cause heart attacks, strokes, asthma attacks, and difficulty breathing.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Jan 2025