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Meanings of lungs in English
Essential respiration organ in many air-breathing animals.
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Examples for "pair of lungs"
Examples for "pair of lungs"
1
Can you sort me out a new pair of lungs?'
2
She became eligible for an adult pair of lungs only after a judge's order.
3
At this rate, every pair of lungs vitiates one hogshead of air every hour.
4
I am not much with a revolver, but mighty handy with a pair of lungs.
5
Then it's a hale pair of lungs you've got concealed in that body of yours.
Usage of lungs in English
1
Exciting Causes.-Tumorsin the pelvis; diseases of the heart and lungs; pregnancy.
2
The blood flows into the chest; it fills the lungs; he suffocates.
3
The effects are particularly pernicious for children whose lungs are still developing.
4
For example, Viagra is sometimes used to drain fluid from the lungs.
5
Her lungs worked in short gasps, expanding no more than absolutely necessary.
6
The heart and lungs of it are the same in all ages.
7
Tuberculosis of the lungs not infrequently follows in the wake of measles.
8
The breath of God came in Eden to breathe in our lungs.
9
The result was a strangled gasp that didn't quite fill Carter's lungs.
10
The liver was tolerably sound; but the lungs were black and mortified.
11
He developed health issues, and had to undergo surgery for collapsed lungs.
12
I forced air into my lungs and blinked to clear my vision.
13
He discovered capillaries linking the arterial and venous circulation in the lungs.
14
Anything which prevents the air getting into the lungs will produce it.
15
Now it is in the lungs that he clears himself of it.
16
In fact, in breathing we do not suck breath into the lungs.
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