How to Use double pneumonia in a Sentence

double pneumonia

noun
  • His hair was gray, and a bout of double pneumonia had brought him close to death.
    — Sam Sweet, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
  • His hair was gray, and a bout of double pneumonia had brought him close to death.
    — Sam Sweet, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
  • The 88-year-old pontiff has been battling double pneumonia over the past two weeks.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • And although his lungs didn’t hurt, an X-ray revealed the double pneumonia.
    — Gabrielle Glaser, STAT, 21 Apr. 2020
  • The leader of the Roman Catholic Church continues to fight double pneumonia in the hospital.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
  • As Mayo Clinic states, double pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in both lungs.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2019
  • Back in early 2019, Whoopi was off of The View for several weeks while dealing with double pneumonia and sepsis.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 1 July 2021
  • Within a few hours, she was diagnosed with double pneumonia and sent home.
    — Freep.com, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Pope Francis was photographed at the hospital for the first time since he was admitted last month for double pneumonia.
    — Angela Yang, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Patrick Reed, whose tough short game has been key for the Americans in the last three Ryder Cups, was hospitalized for five days for double pneumonia in the lower lobes of his lungs.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2021
  • As the 20th of 22 children, she was well loved but struggled with illness for much of her childhood, battling double pneumonia, scarlet fever, and whooping cough.
    — Kate Siber, Outside Online, 8 June 2018
  • Healthcare providers may diagnose double pneumonia with a blood test, chest X-ray, or pulse oximetry.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Just days later, she was admitted to the hospital with Covid-19 and double pneumonia.
    — Omar Jimenez, CNN, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Shaquille Dukes wrote in a Facebook post that he was admitted to a Freeport hospital for double pneumonia while on vacation in the beginning of June.
    — NBC News, 1 July 2019
  • Shaquille Dukes was being treated for double pneumonia and asthma last month in Freeport, Illinois, according to a Facebook post.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 1 July 2019
  • Two years ago, his wife Brenda developed double pneumonia and was on a ventilator for two months.
    — USA Today, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Richardson, 70, was hospitalized with double pneumonia caused by the virus.
    — Leah Willingham, ajc, 20 Dec. 2020
  • The doctors diagnosed her with double pneumonia and sepsis.
    — Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Whoopi explained how serious her struggle with double pneumonia and sepsis was.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2019
  • An initial attempt to put the patella back in place failed, and in the weeks that dragged on at the hospital, Benton developed a urinary tract infection, double pneumonia and bad reactions to medications.
    — Jessica Ravitz, ajc, 25 Apr. 2020
  • Pope Francis on Thursday shared his first audio message since being hospitalized nearly three weeks ago for double pneumonia, expressing thanks to his well-wishers around the world.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • He was hospitalized and tested positive for Covid and double pneumonia in July.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Last fall my daughter was admitted to Boston Children’s Hospital with double pneumonia.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2018
  • He was later diagnosed with a polymicrobial infection and is being treated for double pneumonia.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The 88-year-old remains in critical condition battling double pneumonia.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
  • What was initially a bad case of bronchitis progressed into a respiratory tract infection and double pneumonia that threatened his life and raised concerns about the future of his papacy.
    — Angela Yang, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Never a hardy person, McCullers suffered from increasing ill health during the early forties, contracting strep throat, an ear infection, double pneumonia, pleurisy, and a tooth infection that required daily trips to the dentist.
    — Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • He had been hospitalized during the summer for other issues including diabetes, and contracted Covid and double pneumonia while in the hospital.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The 61-year-old equipment operator for the Kentucky Department of Transportation, who had high blood pressure, soon contracted double pneumonia and was hospitalized.
    — NBC News, 24 Dec. 2020
  • And in a shaking voice, a hospital-clinic administrator in rural Utah described how she had been pummeled by double pneumonia and sepsis after choosing not to get vaccinated.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021

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