lungs

1. A pair of organs, the principal parts of the respiratory system, at the front of the cavity of the chest, or thorax. In the lungs, oxygen from the air that is inhaled is transferred into the blood, while carbon dioxide is removed from the blood and exhaled.

Example Sentences

Mascalusco used to have an active lifestyle, but the damage to her lungs made it so she could barely go up and down the stairs of her Utah home without feeling winded.

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“The rain is good … but fills your lungs with humidity,” she continues.

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I can almost feel the cold of the water filling my lungs, the harshness of the current tearing me apart.

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She wailed at the top of her lungs.

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Erivo is a major talent with lungs like twin airplane engines and a screen presence of pure steel.

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