How to Use oxygen in a Sentence

oxygen

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  • The loud hum of his oxygen machine echoed through the courtroom.
    — Steve Karnowski, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Some of the oxygen might stay in the ice or escape into the atmosphere.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The oxygen in the submersible was set to run out on Thursday morning.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 22 June 2023
  • When the prosecutors showed that photo in the courtroom, the oxygen left the room.
    — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • His life hadn’t been easy either, and his sadness was with him like the oxygen in his blood.
    — Trey Burnette, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • His eyes went wide with fear at the prospect of not having oxygen, even if only for a moment.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The food is freeze-dried to pull out all its moisture, then stored in a mylar pouch with an oxygen absorber.
    — WIRED, 28 Oct. 2023
  • And both teams have less than two weeks before the Bears start training camp and suck up all the oxygen on talk radio and in the media.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2023
  • Low levels of oxygen in the blood can also cause morning headaches.
    — Sherry Christiansen Updated, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Because of this, muscles in your legs don’t get enough blood and oxygen even while resting.
    — Francisco J. Rivera Rosario, Health, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The major arteries that supply the heart with blood and oxygen get plugged up with a clot, causing a block in flow.
    — Christopher Desimone, M.d., Ph.d. Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The biggest question, however, is how long will the oxygen last?
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 21 June 2023
  • With a ticking clock, the diver's colleagues race against time to save him before his oxygen runs out.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • The heart and the kidneys can become deprived of blood and oxygen, leading to kidney failure.
    — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Doctors said the confusion was possibly from the block of oxygen to his brain.
    — Patricia A Gonzalez Portillo, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • This shape allows oxygen to reach more of the wine for better aeration.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
  • As Hart puts it, your heart rate and breathing rate will then amp up to supply your body with the oxygen to complete that extra work.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Doctors in Haiti are desperate for help amid a lack of oxygen and a shortage of water.
    — Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
  • This is somewhere where a dollar, once earned, is valued like oxygen.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The underside of your finger is also a better place to take heart rate and blood oxygen readings than your wrist.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 12 Jan. 2024
  • If fish have gills to extrapolate oxygen from the water even at depth, how do mudskippers breathe in the open air?
    — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2023
  • Once Cut When a cut apple is exposed to oxygen, the flesh will turn brown (or oxidize) quickly.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The air vents on the side are even adjustable, allowing the user to control how much oxygen their compost receives.
    — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
  • One obvious contender for a biomarker would be the presence of oxygen.
    — Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Cars driving through the cloud shut down as exhausts stopped taking in enough oxygen to power engines.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 24 July 2023
  • The venting system is another shining point—the vent in the front provides oxygen for the fire without opening the lid, and the vent on the top lets smoke escape while feeding the fire.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The debris was discovered after the sub was expected to have run out of oxygen supply.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
  • At the same time, Caitlyn, who was still in the labor and delivery unit to have her oxygen monitored, was eager to get home to her babies.
    — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • There's little oxygen left for the rest of the East, though Mike Locksley has established a seven-win baseline at Maryland.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
  • There are ventilation holes all around the sides, which helps with oxygen and preventing bad odors.
    — Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2024

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