How to Use esophagus in a Sentence

esophagus

noun

• The esophagus and the heart are near each other in your chest area.
  — Karen Pallarito, Health, 6 July 2023
• The tear appeared to be at the lower left end of the esophagus, just above the diaphragm.
  — Douglas G. Adler, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2021
• Kick back with a cool drink and wash down the pounds of sand that are somehow in your esophagus.
  — Patrick Clair, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2021
• The Beavers just lined up and ran Jefferson down the Ducks’ esophagus.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 28 Nov. 2020
• Most of these cancers were in the esophagus, liver and breasts.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 13 July 2021
• This helps clear any acid that went into the esophagus.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 June 2022
• Burping helps release these gas bubbles up the esophagus and out of the mouth.
  — Parents Editors, Parents, 23 June 2023
• Once swallowed, the piece of paper lodges in Yente’s esophagus near her heart.
  — Olga Tokarczuk, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
• His sister, Lillias Piro, said the cause was an aneurysm in his esophagus.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2023
• His stomach looked fine, but the region where the esophagus entered the stomach was a mess.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• Eight brain tumors, as well as cancer of the esophagus.
  — Carlos Valdez Lozano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2020
• The esophageal phase involves the stimulation of the salivary glands as food moves through the esophagus.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• That means less stomach acid will back up into the esophagus.
  — NBC News, 20 Jan. 2020
• Even the brain in the center of the body is bizarre, because the creature’s esophagus, through which food is ingested, runs right through the middle of it.
  — Philip Ball, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
• These may be from the nasal passages and sinuses, or from the esophagus or stomach, in people who have GERD, or from the lungs.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 July 2022
• That’s why ingesting bleach can result in burns to the mouth, esophagus and stomach, Vohra said.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2020
• Her tongue, eye globe, scalp, brain, esophagus, arms, legs, and nose had hemorrhaged.
  — Hallie Lieberman, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2021
• The rate of stomach cancer is about doubled in people who smoke, for cancers of the upper part of the stomach near the esophagus.
  — John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 6 Feb. 2024
• The first two bullets missed; the third punctured Warhol’s esophagus, stomach, spleen, liver, and lungs.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2019
• The sphincter muscles in the lower esophagus of horses are much stronger than those in humans.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2023
• Patients in the study had been diagnosed with Stage 2 or 3 cancer of the esophagus, the roughly 8-inch-long tube that connects the throat and stomach.
  — Anna Kuchment, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2021
• In the 1930s, two lovers were caught inside the whale, having consummated their passions in its esophagus—and then the whale’s mouth was closed.
  — Rebecca Giggs, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
• The nematodes swallow the spores, which get caught in the esophagus and germinate by puncturing the worm's gut.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2023
• That chewed-up bite of pizza travels through the esophagus and lands in your stomach, where digestive juices break it down.
  — AZCentral.com, 14 Sep. 2022
• Experts will then open their beaks and massage a soft rubber tube down their esophagus for a feeding.
  — Robin Estrin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2021
• Choke and prong collars can injure a dog’s trachea and esophagus and damage skin.
  — WSJ, 10 Aug. 2021
• Cartwright used to take Ibuprofen for her pain, but her sensitive esophagus and stomach made that hard.
  — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2021
• Citing a statement from doctors, the update said that the child's esophagus was wounded in the shooting but that doctors were able to close a hole in the organ.
  — Ashley Killough and Christina Maxouris, CNN, 12 July 2022
• These include cancers of the throat, esophagus, mouth, voice box (larynx), colon and rectum, liver, and breast.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 27 June 2019
• As a result, the contents of the stomach travel back up the esophagus and cause irritation.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 16 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024