Sample sentences for PNEUMONIA

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Definition

respiratory disease characterized by inflammation and accumulation of fluid in the lungs; caused by infectious agents (e.g., viruses or bacteria) or by inhalation of certain irritants

A mild case of pneumonia is sometimes referred to as "walking pneumonia."

pneumonia = respiratory disease characterized by inflammation and accumulation of fluid in the lungs

I thought probably I'd get pneumonia and die.
J.D. Salinger -- The Catcher in the Rye

pneumonia = fluid in the lungs

It would mean a lot to me if I could tell them that their father died of pneumonia alone.
Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

pneumonia = a lung disease

He sounded just like the kind of guy who'd commit suicide by taking a cold shower and then leaving the windows open to die of pneumonia!
Paul Zindel -- The Pigman

pneumonia = a lung disease

Dr. Troy came and said that child died of pneumonia and why wasn't he in the hospital long ago?
Frank McCourt -- Angela's Ashes

pneumonia = a lung disease

You remember he had pneumonia?
August Wilson -- Fences

pneumonia = respiratory disease characterized by inflammation and accumulation of fluid in the lungs

And James was there three years later when Alfred's mother died of pneumonia in the city hospital, sitting with him all night, whispering, "Gonna be all right, Alfred."
Robert Lipsyte -- The Contender

pneumonia = a lung disease

In December of that year he goes down with pneumonia, and dies of it.
Michael Shaara -- The Killer Angels
He left among coughs so ratchety you'd think he was dying of double pneumonia.
Victor Martinez -- Parrot in the Oven
He died of pneumonia on June 28, 1890, at the age of sixty.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
"Lady, look, I'll give you the dollar, but I'm not gonna catch pneumonia out here."
Gloria Naylor -- The Women of Brewster Place
But you've developed pneumonia and there is fluid collecting around your right lung.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
They died of exposure and pneumonia, very fast.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
Then the sickness came, pneumonia, and measles that went to the eyes and to the mastoids.
John Steinbeck -- The Grapes of Wrath
Ari struggled to get up, wheezing like a large animal with pneumonia, trying to push me off.
James Patterson -- The Angel Experiment
Webster spoke to President John Tyler, who had been sworn in when President Harrison died of pneumonia, just within a month of his inauguration.
Alexs Pate -- Amistad
By the time I got to Mrs. Thatcher I was feeling poorly, and I was later diagnosed as having a mild case of pneumonia.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
Even when she was five and had pneumonia, I don't think she looked this bad.
Rick Riordan -- The Throne of Fire
Carol was volunteer nurse when Mrs. Champ Perry suddenly died of pneumonia.
Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street
The old men died from exposure and mountain pneumonia, with no one to give them the last rites of the Church.
Willa Cather -- Death Comes for the Archbishop

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