All 11 Uses of
asthma
in
In the Time of the Butterflies
- I felt one of my asthma attacks coming on.
Chpt 1.3 *asthma = a common lung disorder characterized by wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and sometimes coughing
- Mate's asthma was worse than ever and Mama had transferred her to a closer school in San Francisco.†
Chpt 1.4
- My bad headaches and asthma attacks worried her.†
Chpt 2.6
- After all, migraines and asthma attacks weren't against the law, were they?†
Chpt 2.6
- It makes my asthma worse.†
Chpt 2.7
- I cried myself to sleep in my dormitory cot every night, and of course, that only made my asthma worse.†
Chpt 2.7
- Minerva just held my hands like she used to when I was a little girl and was having an asthma attack.†
Chpt 2.7
- Mate sobbed out her story, her breath wheezy with the asthma she always got whenever she was upset.†
Chpt 3.9
- Ephedrine—the asthma was acting up.†
Chpt 3.10
- Then, of course, I'd get one of my asthma attacks and could barely breathe to talk.†
Chpt 3.11
- It could only make things worse, and Mate's asthma had just begun to calm down.†
Chpt 3.12
Definition:
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(asthma) a common lung disorder characterized by wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and sometimes coughing