How to Use pneumonic in a Sentence

pneumonic

adjective

• There are three main forms of plague—bubonic plague, septicemic plague and pneumonic plague.
  — Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
• Thousands were killed by pneumonic plague, the most severe strand.
  — Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 23 Nov. 2019
• The findings change how researchers think about pneumonic plague.
  — Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2015
• But there isn't strong evidence that vaccines can work against the pneumonic form.
  — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
• Two-thirds of the cases are the pneumonic form of the disease, which can spread from person to person.
  — Angela Helm, The Root, 25 Oct. 2017
• The pneumonic plague is more deadly than the bubonic plague, which is rarely spread from person to person.
  — Michael Brice-Saddler, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• Had he been exposed to a more run-of-the-mill pneumonic plague, symptom onset would have already consigned him to bed.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
• Untreated bubonic plague can progress to septicemic or pneumonic plague.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Feb. 2024
• People all over the island are spooked by the deadly and fast-spreading pneumonic version of the disease.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2017
• Last July, a man in Arizona died of pneumonic plague after he was exposed to sick cats.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
• Person-to-person transmission is rare, but can occur with pneumonic plague.
  — Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• Untreated bubonic or septicemic plague can develop in the pneumonic plague, which spreads to the lungs.
  — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2020
• This case comes after two people were diagnosed with pneumonic plague in Xilingol last week.
  — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
• The plague can also spread through the respiratory droplets of someone who has pneumonic plague.
  — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
• The death of a Russian lab worker, possibly from pneumonic plague, has sparked concern around the world.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
• But about two-thirds of cases have been attributed to the more severe pneumonic plague, which has killed 21 people.
  — Casey Quackenbush, Time, 6 Oct. 2017
• July 2025 was when the last person in the US died from pneumonic plague.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
• Part of the scenario involved the weaponization of pneumonic plague by a terrorist cell in Denver.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
• The pneumonic form, the most infectious, can spread from person to person through airborne droplets from coughing and breathing.
  — Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu, Quartz, 26 Aug. 2021
• The Russian government has sought to downplay reports that the lab worker's death was linked to the pneumonic plague.
  — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
• World health experts are closely following a potential case of pneumonic plague—the most deadly form of the disease.
  — Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
• Finally, from the bloodstream, the bacteria can spread to the lungs, leading to pneumonic plague, which can cause shortness of breath and chest pain.
  — Alice Park, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
• By late last month, cases of pneumonic plague were popping up in 20 districts across the country, including the far north and the west coast.
  — Robyn Dixon, latimes.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• But far more dangerous and deadly is the pneumonic form, which infects the lungs and which can be spread person to person directly, rather than via flea bites.
  — Maggie Fox, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2017
• If untreated, bubonic and pneumonic plague can progress to septicemic plague, infecting the bloodstream.
  — Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2019
• Most of the people infected in the current outbreak in Madagascar have the pneumonic form.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2017
• Pneumonic plague causes a rapid and severe form of pneumonia that can lead to respiratory failure and shock.
  — Liam Stack, New York Times, 27 June 2017
• The majority of cases, 67%, were the pneumonic form of the disease, which can spread from person to person.
  — Meera Senthilingam, CNN, 25 Oct. 2017
• In the medieval world both septicemic and pneumonic plague had a 100 percent mortality rate.
  — National Geographic, 23 Apr. 2020
• The most serious form, known as pneumonic tularemia, develops after someone breathes in infected dust or aerosols.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026