How to Use cell in a Sentence

cell

noun

• The suspect was in the police station's holding cell overnight.
• Tiny, coffin-like cells that four men were made to share.
  — James Longman, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2024
• Dank said that although cell phones are widespread, not everyone has one – or is able to keep up with their phone payments.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 4 Dec. 2022
• Genezen Labs, a production contractor for gene and cell therapy.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2022
• No cell phones, laptops, or cameras were allowed, and only the first eleven journalists to show up were granted media passes.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2022
• When the lights went out, Dix asked the audience members in the packed theater to use the flashlights on their cell phones to illuminate the room.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022
• The cells of the epidermis, or the outside layer of skin, constantly regenerate.
  — Mark Gurarie, Health, 6 Dec. 2024
• The researchers found that, in less than two days, the patients' immune systems became responsive to the cancer cells and began attacking them.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
• More ammunition, multiple cell phones and boxes for the shotgun and rifle were found inside the shooter’s apartment.
  — oregonlive, 6 Dec. 2022
• For instance, modifications could have involved the number of cells in a certain part of the brain or the proportions of different cell types.
  — Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2022
• Imai homed in on the smaller molecules that cells use to produce NAD+, which can more easily penetrate cell walls.
  — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
• One cell provider may work just fine in a particular wing of the hospital while providing no connectivity in other areas of the building or campus.
  — Guy Yehiav, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• Semiconductors are what power finished products such as computers, cell phones, appliances, vehicles and aircraft.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2022
• Facial recognition software provided a match of more than 99 percent with the man CNN met in the Damascus prison cell.
  — Tim Lister, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
• In a parallel move, the measures curtail the types of entities that require scanning of the health code tracking apps that virtually every Chinese has had to install on their cell phones to move around.
  — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2022
• In 1915, a mob dragged him from his prison cell and lynched him.
  — Erin Kutch, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2023
• Mitchell was in a concrete cell, with only a drain in the floor, the suit says.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2023
• At the jail, Wiley gave the key to Choate’s cell to his (Wiley’s) wife.
  — Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
• The video shows the officers wrestling with Otieno through a slot in his cell door.
  — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
• In his cell on death row, her boyfriend kept a cellphone.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
• Later that morning, the lawsuit states, Gantt her the lock open on her cell, and the door opened.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 12 June 2023
• As the disease progressed, the rod cells around the edges of my retina would die, followed by the cones.
  — Andrew Leland, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
• There are times, usually in the evening, when cell service can be hit-or-miss due to the size of the crowd.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 23 Sep. 2024
• Every cell in the brain has the gene for making the prion protein.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
• To ensure her safety, she was housed in a single cell, the jail said.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• This leads to a cycle of increasing wear and tear as cells age.
  — Ellen Quarles, Fortune Well, 7 July 2023
• The new cell type could help fight diseases, even cancer.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2023
• This can help fill the gaps between your skin cells — and lock in moisture while your skin is still damp.
  — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
• This means the phone may have been in area without cell coverage or the phone was turned off.
  — Jordan Kinsey, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2023
• Three men who don’t know one another sit in a prison cell.
  — Paul Mozur, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 8 Jan 2025