How to Use aspirator in a Sentence

aspirator

noun

• Use the nasal aspirator and press it firmly against the top hole.
  — Rachael Lagarde Walker, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2021
• There’s a slight slurping sound as the papaya seeds are sucked into the aspirator’s main chamber.
  — Meghan Racklin, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2019
• Again, Fontenot sprang into action and retrieved a nasal aspirator from the kitchen and used it to clear the infant’s nose—saving his brother’s life.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2017
• The nurse passes the ob/gyn an instrument to help dilate the patient’s cervix, and then passes her the vacuum aspirator.
  — Augusta MacQueen, SELF, 1 June 2017
• Hess explains that researchers soak the sponges in yeasty water to attract fruit flies, then return a couple of hours later with an aspirator to suck them up for study.
  — Elyse Butler, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
• Hess explains that researchers soak the sponges in yeasty water to attract fruit flies, then return a couple of hours later with an aspirator to suck them up for study.
  — Elyse Butler, Smithsonian, 29 Apr. 2017
• The material is applied from a boat tacking slowly back and forth across the lake, using an aspirator setup.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2021
• Look at smiling, 12-year-old Parker from Utah, who needs a feeding tube, an aspirator, a trach and loads of medication to survive.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 22 June 2017
• That suction is stronger and easier to control than the old aspirator bulbs, leading to faster, more complete relief for a congested baby.
  — Sabrina Rojas Weiss, PEOPLE.com, 8 Dec. 2021
• The researchers collected their samples, both living and dead, using forceps, aspirators—a type of vacuum—and nets.
  — Matt Bertone, National Geographic, 19 Jan. 2016
• Connected to the hydro aspirator via a rubber hose, this long, hollow rod is inserted into the abdomen and organs to drain them of remaining fluids.
  — Eleanor Cummins, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
• The nurse removed the instrument and inserted a manual vacuum aspirator, a syringe-like device.
  — Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2022
• Making VX is, essentially, a matter of having the right ingredients; gear like flasks, distillation equipment and aspirators; and a desire to manufacture something deadly enough to kill you with a single misplaced drop.
  — Gerry Doyle, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2017
• The technology and techniques have improved in the past decade, however, especially after the introduction of the Vaser liposuction system, which uses ultrasound to break up and liquefy unwanted fat and then expel it with an aspirator.
  — Eric Pianin, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 16 Aug 2024