[
UK
/lˈʌŋ/
]
[ US /ˈɫəŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫəŋ/ ]
NOUN
- either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
How To Use lung In A Sentence
- Lobefins today have dwindled to the lungfishes and the coelacanths ‘dwindled’ as ‘fish’, that is, but mightily expanded on land: we land vertebrates are aberrant lungfish. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
- Only a few minutes had gone when the Welshman flung in an inviting right-foot cross to the back post.
- I turned up at the school yard with my hippie backpack slung over one shoulder feeling pretty cool. Times, Sunday Times
- He slowly depressed the plunger and once the syringe was empty, withdrew the needle and stepped back.
- At the last minute I decided to go, so I flung a few clothes together and left.
- Patients received a conditioning regimen that consisted of total body irradiation (1375 cGy in 11 fractions) with partial lung shielding, thiotepa (10 mg/kg), cyclophosphamide (120 mg/kg), and rabbit antithymocyte globulin (1.5 mg/kg). EurekAlert! - Breaking News
- The AWPL, however, features eight-minute quarters providing 32 total minutes of game play and a little more lactic build-up, leg burn, and lung fatigue for the athletes.
- At this point we must trace our way back, pass through the flowering shrubs and plunge into the shade of a little wood. The Education of a Gardener
- A couple of times her footholds cracked and she plunged a few heart-stopping feet, but luckily she grabbed another hold.
- They also feed visually by capturing prey from the surface of mud or water, by plunging their heads into water, and by snatching insects from the air.