How to Use embolism in a Sentence

embolism

noun

• The cause was a pulmonary embolism, said a daughter, Lena Salins.
  — Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2020
• There's different levels of stroke, to the point of an embolism, which kills you.
  — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
• The cause of death was suspected to be a pulmonary embolism.
  — Dan Koeppel, Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2019
• Pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood clot is stuck in an artery in the lung, blocking blood flow to part of the lung.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Oct. 2022
• The second problem is that if the atria don’t contract, the blood can pool and clot, putting a person at risk for embolism.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 17 June 2021
• The cause was a pulmonary embolism, said a brother, Peter Kallan.
  — Washington Post, 31 May 2021
• Mensah was on the team but sidelined by a pulmonary embolism.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
• In the past two years, Cheryl Bruce has had a pulmonary embolism and a second knee replacement.
  — The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
• Along with the embolism, Aventer Gray wrote that more blood clots were also found in her husband’s lungs.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 July 2022
• The 2017 research shows that the cause of death in the majority of these cases was a pulmonary fat embolism.
  — Melanie Rud, SELF, 30 Sep. 2022
• To look for blood clots in the lung, or a pulmonary embolism, your doctor would order a CT scan with contrast.
  — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2023
• The virus, which put her in the hospital three more times over the next four months, caused a pulmonary embolism, a rapid heart rate, fatigue and hair loss.
  — Bloomberg.com, 5 Oct. 2020
• The cause was a pulmonary embolism, said Michael McGowan, his husband.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• The second condition is called pulmonary embolism, or PE, which is a blood clot in the lungs that may have traveled from the legs.
  — Essence, 1 May 2020
• There was also the chance the clot would take a different path toward the heart and result in a pulmonary embolism.
  — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2020
• This decreases the chance of a fat embolism, which often results in death.
  — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 7 May 2022
• That’s when blood clots form in the veins and can lead to part of the clot traveling to the lungs and causing blockage, also called a pulmonary embolism.
  — Jessica Flores, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2020
• Poor often treats patients for pulmonary embolism, a large clot in the lungs that can quickly kill.
  — Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2020
• There have been 15 reports of clots in the legs, called deep vein thrombosis, and 22 cases of blood clots that reached the lungs, known as a pulmonary embolism.
  — Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner, 15 Mar. 2021
• There are two types of clots: deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
  — Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
• Air travel, and especially long-haul flights of four or more hours, put us at a high risk of embolism.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2021
• A few days after Dusty was born, Arlene suffered a massive brain embolism from a blood clot and died.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 19 June 2022
• In each case, the person died from a pulmonary fat embolism, when fat entered the bloodstream through veins in the gluteal muscles and stopped blood from flowing to the lungs.
  — Daniel Chang, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
• These include clots that form in the leg (deep vein thrombosis or DVT) that can travel to the lung (where it’s known as a pulmonary embolism).
  — Tony Schiemer, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
• Two weeks after her son, Khari, was born, Gibson died from a pulmonary embolism.
  — NBC News, 11 Feb. 2022
• Among the issues: • Okung is on the non-football injury list, with a pulmonary embolism, which by rule sidelines him through Week 6.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• Scott is filling in for Russell Okung, who suffered a pulmonary embolism in June.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2019
• Williams suffered a pulmonary embolism while giving birth to Olympia.
  — Wayne Coffey, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2020
• In some cases those abnormal clots can dislodge and make their way to the lungs, called a pulmonary embolism, where they get lodged again and block blood flow.
  — Leah Groth, Health.com, 24 Apr. 2020
• His wife, Caroline Thiénot-Barbey, said the cause was a pulmonary embolism.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024