embolismin a sentence
- A pulmonary embolism blocked blood flow.
- The diver suffered an air embolism from surfacing too rapidly.
- The first is an embolism.† (source)
- But of course I couldn't tell my dad that Mr. G had spent the night, or I know he'd have had an embolism.† (source)
- Fortunately he had a belt wrapped tightly around his upper arm cutting his circulation, or he would have been dead from an embolism.† (source)
- He died of a pulmonary embolism on January 3, 1967, at the age of fifty-five.† (source)
- At first, they assumed she'd had an embolism of some sort, but they could find no evidence of it.† (source)
- Eight weeks ago I was released from the hospital after suffering a pulmonary embolism.† (source)
- With the day's symptoms behind him, he'll warrant a 'natural causes' with a 'possible air embolism,' 'congestive lung failure,' or some damn thing behind it.† (source)
- For did not Auschwitz effectively block the flow of that titanic love, like some fatal embolism in the bloodstream of mankind?† (source)
- It was a retrograde embolism.
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- It is known that the common cause of death in the setting of multiple trauma, immobilization and dehydration is pulmonary embolism. This fits well with Jesus' condition and actually was in all likelihood the major cause of death of crucified victims. (source)
- A pulmonary embolism can take your life in an instant.† (source)
- On the other hand, it could have been an embolism, because your blood clots much more easily when you are lying down for a long time, like when you are in hospital.† (source)
- Maybe there was an air embolism ...† (source)
- His mother had died first, quite unexpectedly, while awaiting the birth of a second child, of an arterial blockage caused by phlebitis, an embolism, Dr. Heidekind had called it, triggering instantaneous cardiac paralysis—she had been sitting up in bed, laughing, and it looked as if she simply toppled over in a fit of laughter, whereas in fact she did it because she was dead.† (source)
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