How to Use respirator in a Sentence

respirator

noun
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  • With the body gone, McGuire is able to swap the heavy respirator for an N95 mask.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Those masks will have to cover the nose and mouth, and may not have a valve or respirator.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The respirator got her through the worst of the pneumonia.
    — Maria Kefalas, STAT, 22 Dec. 2023
  • In the face of omicron, respirator masks have emerged as the gold standard.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, SELF, 20 Jan. 2022
  • One of them spent more than two weeks in the hospital on a respirator.
    — NBC News, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Campbell was in a coma for over six weeks and had to breathe through a respirator.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
  • For the past year, nothing has been in as short a supply and as high demand as the N95 respirator mask.
    — Keri Enriquez and Kaitlan Collins, CNN, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Now, the cost for each respirator is between $3 and $5.
    — NBC News, 11 June 2020
  • Boudreaux and hundreds of other paramedics wore respirator masks and two pairs of gloves to try to keep the virus away from their bodies.
    — Juliet Linderman and Claire Galofaro, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • But your best bet is to wear an N95 respirator, which pinches around your nose and has ear loops or head straps that hold the mask tight to your face.
    — Wire Reports, oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Her filing said she was given a dust mask in lieu of the proper kind of respirator.
    — Josh Eidelson, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Determined to help his squad, Sam hurled his body on the steel door with so much force, that his respirator shield cracked.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
  • The 33-year-old said the Nationals still haven’t received the respirator masks they were told were coming.
    — Bernie Wilson, The Denver Post, 5 July 2020
  • The only kind of mask that will help in this situation are respirator masks such as the N95 or K95, says Mann.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 8 June 2023
  • Your respirator should create a tight seal on your face, without gaps that let in air.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 20 Apr. 2022
  • No markings at all on the filtering piece of the respirator.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 20 Jan. 2022
  • So her face is obscured by a heavy-duty respirator with big, pink filters, two bright spots in the dim light.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Put on a disposable respirator and gloves, and walk in.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Many health care workers have had to reuse N95 respirator masks over and over again.
    — Holly Yan, CNN, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The study found that the risk of transmitting the coronavirus drops from 17 percent to 3 percent if a mask or a respirator is worn.
    — NBC News, 16 June 2020
  • The Makrite Sekura respirator folding masks are still on sale for $1.99 each.
    — oregonlive, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The three baby girls were born premature, at 31 weeks, on Aug. 24 and put on respirators.
    — Richard Engel, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The best way to protect workers from fine aerosols is the use of an N95 respirator or higher -- something in scarce supply in many places.
    — Maggie Fox, CNN, 6 July 2020
  • Fazio said studies have found that in many shops, dust is so thick in the air that respirators cannot filter out a sufficient amount.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The Makrite Sekura respirator folding masks are on sale for $1.99 each.
    — oregonlive, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Sitting at the back of the boat, Grodje strapped her tank to her back, placed her respirator in her mouth and pushed off the boat’s edge, tumbling into the water below.
    — Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The design reminds me of the larger respirator masks used for house painting.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The pencil drawing shows her wearing the respirator and a Batman cap.
    — Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • At the county’s other adult education center, in Clewiston, sparks fly as dozens of students in thick gloves and respirator masks work toward industrial certifications needed to enter the workforce.
    — Nick Fouriezos, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2024
  • That includes ensuring personal protective gear – such as face shields or goggles, respirator masks, rubber coveralls and boots – are available to workers on farms with infected animals.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024

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