How to Use chronic in a Sentence

chronic

adjective

• Don't bother seeing that film—it's chronic.
• He suffers from chronic arthritis.
• Inflation has become a chronic condition in the economy.
• Tree nuts and peanuts in general have been linked to a reduced risk of chronic disease as well as weight loss or weight maintenance.
  — Valerie Agyeman, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2022
• The eGFR metric is a key part of diagnosing chronic kidney disease.
  — Brittany Trang, STAT, 22 Nov. 2022
• Carlos, Janks attorney, said Merriman was an alcoholic and abused pills, was in chronic pain and in failing health.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
• Flavonols, a type of flavonoid, have been shown in animal and some human studies to reduce inflammation, a major trigger for chronic disease, and are rich sources of antioxidants.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 28 Nov. 2022
• With that, my team and I shifted focus from topics such as how chronic stress influences brains to how positive events – and anticipation for these events – shape neural functions.
  — Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
• Opioid use disorder is a chronic life-threatening disease that people contract through exposure to opioids, either illicit or prescribed by a physician.
  — Kenneth Scheppke, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
• The latter case goes something like this: A chronic illness that appeared to be triggered by viral infection could just as easily have been triggered by the trauma of the pandemic itself.
  — Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 8 Dec. 2022
• So, two decades on, why this chronic state of risk in health care?
  — Kathleen Sutcliffe, Time, 5 Nov. 2019
• The study discussed how stress can play a role in chronic hives.
  — Taylyn Washington-Harmon, Health, 29 June 2023
• The sum total of the impact of chronic stress can add up to a shorter life.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2022
• Even chronic late payment of rent is not enough in St. Paul.
  — Donna E. Hanbery, Star Tribune, 22 Oct. 2020
• The chronic pain in Rafael Nadal’s left foot comes and goes unpredictably.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• It was first approved in 2003 and has been used to treat asthma, nasal polyps and chronic hives.
  — Jonel Aleccia, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
• One is now chronic, the teen said, and will never fully heal.
  — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 28 Dec. 2020
• But to go back to it, and the women that are chronic like that, they're never spoken at like that.
  — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Feb. 2021
• The new rules for chronic pain do not set limits on what can be dispensed.
  — Jackie Borchardt, cleveland.com, 2 May 2018
• Yeah, which is not the most useful thing with chronic illness.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 28 Nov. 2022
• The women in the study all had chronic, but not severe, high blood pressure.
  — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2022
• This has led to the chronic under-funding of the social sciences.
  — Phil Clark, Quartz, 30 May 2022
• Health experts say this is true for chronic and binge drinkers.
  — Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2020
• How to describe the ways chronic pain has forced her to modify her life?
  — Akilah Johnson, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2020
• None is meant to address the needs of chronic pain patients or those with cancer.
  — Julie Appleby, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2018
• For many people, the winter months bring a chronic feeling of dry skin.
  — Time, 20 Dec. 2017
• Last week the city declared the Emerald Motel and the Seattle Inn to be chronic nuisances.
  — Gene Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
• Want to share your story of living with a chronic illness?
  — Anika Nayak, STAT, 5 Jan. 2024
• For example, research has shown that someone who survived trauma as a child — say abuse or neglect — will suffer long-lasting changes to their DNA, which, in turn can affect cells, potentially manifesting as diseases or chronic conditions.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
• The agency has said nicotine from vapes can adversely influence development of adolescent brains, affecting attention, learning and memory, and their use may be associated with asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
  — David Ovalle and Rachel Roubein The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024