Examples of windpipe in a Sentence
She got something stuck in her windpipe.
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In Chicago, Edwards witnessed a girl die from epiglottitis, swelling in the tiny cartilage covering the windpipe that closed her airway.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
The bacteria attacked her epiglottis, the piece of cartilage that covers the windpipe when eating so food doesn’t get into the lungs.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
Doctors had administered antitoxin promptly, so his windpipe wasn’t blocked.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
Air then rushes into your nose (or, less optimally, your mouth); past your throat, voice box, and windpipe; and into your lungs.
—Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
The bacteria attacked her epiglottis, the piece of cartilage that covers the windpipe when eating so food doesn’t get into the lungs.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
Doctors had administered antitoxin promptly, so his windpipe wasn’t blocked.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
Air then rushes into your nose (or, less optimally, your mouth); past your throat, voice box, and windpipe; and into your lungs.
—Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
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“Windpipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windpipe. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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windpipe
noun
wind·pipe
ˈwin(d)-ˌpīp 
Medical Definition
windpipe
noun
wind·pipe
ˈwin(d)-ˌpīp
: trachea
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