ASTHMA in a Sentence

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She lost sight of him in two minutes, and returned breathless, three-quarters choked with asthma, and furious.

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 Meanings and Examples of ASTHMA
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
asthma
 n.  chronic respiratory disease, often arising from allergies
Classic Sentence:
1  Oh yes, sir, he is at home,' said Minnie; 'the weather don't suit his asthma out of doors.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21. LITTLE EM'LY
2  He was as radiant, as if his chair, his asthma, and the failure of his limbs, were the various branches of a great invention for enhancing the luxury of a pipe.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 51. THE BEGINNING OF A LONGER JOURNEY
3  Her excitement brought on an attack of asthma, to which she was subject.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 23
4  The conventionary began to pant; the asthma of the agony which is mingled with the last breaths interrupted his voice; still, there was a perfect lucidity of soul in his eyes.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
5  She lost sight of him in two minutes, and returned breathless, three-quarters choked with asthma, and furious.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER V—DIVRS CLAPS OF THUNDER FALL ON MA'AM BOUGON
Example Sentence:
1  Indoor air pollution may have contributed to the increase in asthma rates since the 1980s.
2  Richard's recurrent asthma attacks disturbed us and we consulted a physician.
3  It is odorless, colorless, tasteless, does not cause cancer, does not cause asthma.
4  Attacks of asthma decrease in frequency through early adult life.
5  Hospital admissions for asthma attacks have doubled.
6  The report ascribes the rise in childhood asthma to the increase in pollution.