How to Use muscular dystrophy in a Sentence

muscular dystrophy

noun
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  • But when one of them is diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, the couple must test the strength of their love.
    — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Behind her was a large photo of Mattie, her son who died at the age of 13 from a rare form of muscular dystrophy.
    — Laurel Demkovich, Washington Post, 22 June 2019
  • Denise put on skits in the garage to raise money for muscular dystrophy research.
    — CNN, 26 June 2020
  • Vasquez, 40, who has lived with muscular dystrophy since birth, depends on his father to be his arms and legs.
    — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Jimenez has a form of muscular dystrophy, which impedes his mobility and the use of his arms and legs.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The home was owned by Walter Walsh, who had three sons with muscular dystrophy and required wheelchairs to get around.
    — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 28 May 2021
  • His friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz said in a statement that the cause was muscular dystrophy.
    — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The 26-year-old spent his life battling muscular dystrophy with his father by his side.
    — CBS News, 29 June 2021
  • Thomas, age 11, of Avon Lake, has spinal muscular dystrophy.
    — cleveland, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The actor who plays the part is John Gluck, who was born with a rare disease called collagen VI muscular dystrophy.
    — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Scheier was inspired by her son Oliver, who has a form of muscular dystrophy.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 8 May 2018
  • LaVonte’e understood that on better days, Michael, who had muscular dystrophy, might spend much of his time in that chair.
    — Sam Dolnick, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Three had previously been in good health, and the 9-year-old had muscular dystrophy.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
  • On their third date, Hunter told her that heart failure was common for patients with his type of muscular dystrophy.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 10 May 2022
  • Ruth Peretz was 16 years old and had both cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Morgan Hoffmann, making a long-shot bid to keep his tour card after two years away from golf because of muscular dystrophy, missed the cut with rounds of 73 and 80.
    — Ben Nuckols, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2022
  • The Wilsons have also given millions to build schools in Ethiopia and to seek a cure for muscular dystrophy, a disease that afflicts Chip Wilson.
    — Time, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Brandon McConnell, who has muscular dystrophy, loves to swim, ride horseback and sing karaoke with friends at summer camp.
    — Michael Quintanilla, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Andres was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when he was born and suffered a stroke last year, Bermudez said.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 28 June 2021
  • This disease is the most common form of muscular dystrophy that begins in adulthood.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Meade has lived with muscular dystrophy for decades, which eventually robbed him of the ability to walk.
    — Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 6 Oct. 2022
  • But she's decided that Ali, who has a rare form of muscular dystrophy, will attend school online.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 28 Aug. 2020
  • But he could be helped in the future if drugs to cure his form of muscular dystrophy make it through an initial round of human testing, according to his mother.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Hamid Reza Mohammadi, 53, spends much of his free time going in search of drugs for his wife and daughter, both of whom suffer from muscular dystrophy.
    — Mohammad Nasiri, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2019
  • Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a child, Clemmons will major in nursing at U of L to join the profession that has helped her.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 20 May 2020
  • Castellanos’s daughter, who has muscular dystrophy, wound up trapped in her bedroom yelling for help, the AP reported.
    — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2022
  • That child would go on to be diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and inspire his high school basketball team from a wheelchair.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 12 Aug. 2021
  • But punching a hole in muscular dystrophy might be one of the best benefits the technique could possibly provide.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Danni Liu and David Choi, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a child, quickly embraced the joys and challenges in their relationship together.
    — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The film is narrated by Dr. Tristram Ingham, a physician and disability advocate who has a rare form of muscular dystrophy called facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
    — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023

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