How to Use respiratory system in a Sentence

respiratory system

noun
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  • As though the nose were somehow not a part of the respiratory system.
    — Matt Bean, Sunset Magazine, 18 June 2020
  • The problem with that is the respiratory system doesn't adapt in the same way as the pain pathway system.
    — Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Adding this to a virus that attacks the respiratory system could then make things a lot worse.
    — Lindsay Weinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2020
  • The virus, which attacks the body’s respiratory system and can lead to death, has brought much of the world to a halt since it first was detected in the closing weeks of 2019.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Some people can no longer even be in the same room as a pet without their respiratory system sounding the alarm.
    — Christiane Gelitz, Scientific American, 4 May 2023
  • The respiratory system includes the nose, throat, voice box, windpipe and lungs.
    — Guest Columnist/cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Ethyl hexyl acrylate: A compound that can pose dangers to the skin, eyes, and respiratory system.
    — Quartz, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Officials at the news conference said the latest lab test showed there was no trace of the virus in the patient's respiratory system.
    — James Griffiths, CNN, 3 Feb. 2020
  • In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare providers’ concerns centered on what the virus could do the respiratory system.
    — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 9 Apr. 2021
  • How, in fact, does the pandemic virus that has so changed the world cross over into the brain after entering the respiratory system?
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 20 July 2022
  • The dinosaur had a complex respiratory system and the air sacs connected to its lungs.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Feb. 2022
  • To make the trip down your throat and into your respiratory system, the dust must be less than five microns across—just smaller than the diameter of a red blood cell.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 16 May 2017
  • Both are known to be harmful to our respiratory systems.
    — Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The air on that beach, the resident said, felt as if there was pepper in it and was irritating their respiratory system.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Those small bits of fluid from the respiratory system can hitch a ride on exhaled air during breathing, speaking and singing.
    — Calli McMurray, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The respiratory system and the heart are focal points of the response, Glembotski said.
    — Stephanie Innes, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2020
  • By the time the vaccines rolled out, Clerge and her family worried the shot might harm her already fragile respiratory system.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2021
  • These tests were designed and clinically validated using swabs of the nose and not other parts of the respiratory system, such as the mouth or the throat.
    — Matthew Binnicker, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The thin air makes your breathing more shallow and frequent, which creates greater fluid loss through the respiratory system.
    — Jeff Gaudette, Outside Online, 3 July 2018
  • Amid all the working parts of the human body, the respiratory system administers some of the most important functions that keep us alive.
    — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Bear mace is a strong irritant to a person’s eyes and respiratory system.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 18 July 2021
  • Because the pressure wants to equalize across the respiratory system and the atmosphere, those changes indirectly force air into and out of the lungs.
    — Time, 7 Apr. 2020
  • When they are inhaled, ultra-fine particles aren’t stopped in the upper part — the nose — of the human respiratory system, Perraud said.
    — Lilly Nguyen, Daily Pilot, 22 Aug. 2019
  • For many people, the ability to breathe has become a primary concern in a world gripped by a virus that wreaks havoc on the respiratory system.
    — Boone Ashworth, Wired, 22 Oct. 2020
  • But a lot of small practices are not, and just walking in, particularly with respiratory systems, is not a good idea for you, for other patients, or for the staff.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Roll up your windows, turn on the AC to recirculate, and close or block air vents when trying to evacuate from a fire, as the smoke can irritate the eyes and respiratory system.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Too much blood got squeezed back into her tiny lungs with each heartbeat, straining her respiratory system.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Deaths from or likely from the illness that attacks the respiratory system remained flat during the latest uptick, city data show.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 24 June 2020
  • Short-term exposure to sulfur dioxide can harm the human respiratory system.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
  • Nearly 200 muscles, from the respiratory system to the embouchure, must work seamlessly together.
    — Paul Keegan, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2024

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