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.
• This score can then be used to predict later-life health risks such as chronic health conditions, mental illness or even economic status.
  — Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
• Children of people who go to prison are at risk for all sorts of negative outcomes — from higher rates of chronic illness to not succeeding in school.
  — Erin Hooley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
• The study also found reductions in risk of death from certain chronic diseases if people improved their diet over time, Hu said.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 9 Jan. 2023
• That year, Ponomareva had an operation on her liver due to a chronic condition.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
• Senescent cells can release a slew of compounds that create a toxic, inflamed environment that primes tissues for chronic illness.
  — Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022
• Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition that often shows up earlier in life and occurs when the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin.
  — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2022
• After struggling with chronic pain that tended to flare up in the chill of the Netherlands, Sevdaliza decided to follow the sunshine and head west.
  — Suzy Exposito, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
• Oak Street, which went public in 2020, aims to reinvent care for Medicare patients with low incomes and chronic health problems.
  — Michelle F. Davis, Dinesh Nair, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
• The post-rationing adults were more likely to develop chronic inflammation, diabetes, arthritis, and other long-term illnesses.
  — Quartz, 28 Dec. 2022
• Progress was made after Steen’s junior season, when he was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, which causes chronic inflammation in the digestive tract.
  — Darren Day, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024