How to Use lipid in a Sentence

lipid

noun

• The measles virus is a piece of RNA coated with a lipid.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
• Shea butter is a lipid that's produced from the nuts of the shea tree.
  — Sabina Wizemann, Good Housekeeping, 28 Dec. 2020
• Always a good idea to know where your blood lipids are at.
  — Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2017
• Some pollen have spikes, and many are coated in lipids that act like glue.
  — Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, 6 June 2019
• That’s right, fat, or more precisely in this case, a unique lipid.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2020
• By default, many of the lipid particles end up in the liver.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024
• Fatty acids are fragments of lipids that make up the cell’s membranes.
  — Fabian Klenner, JSTOR Daily, 13 June 2024
• Ceramides comprise nearly 50% of the lipids in the stratum corneum.
  — Lisa Desantis, Health, 22 Mar. 2024
• The lipid also shields the mRNA from enzymes in the blood once it has been injected.
  — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 16 Nov. 2020
• High levels of lipids and cholesterol in the blood are risk factors for heart disease.
  — Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 24 May 2024
• The bacteria on the skin breaks down those lipids in the oilier, thicker sweat to produce body odor.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 21 June 2024
• The tissue from the 45-year-old woman’s brain was stained with heavy metals, which bind to lipid membranes in cells.
  — Isabel Fraser, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2024
• The highly flared structures found in the new study belong to a class of lipids called plasmalogens.
  — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
• The cells of the virus itself are wrapped in a protective layer or fat known as a lipid layer.
  — oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2020
• The creamy duo smooths down cuticles and reforms split ends with squalane — the very lipid that routine abuse strips away.
  — Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
• Bosak wants to find even clearer signs of ancient life: the tough lipid molecules that can form cell walls.
  — Byeric Hand, science.org, 20 Sep. 2022
• Fish oils also help to improve the lipid profile, which can also reduce the risk of plaque buildup.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2022
• The team on this study is not entirely sure why the fungus accepts the lipid bubbles to begin with.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2023
• Ancient lipids still cling to the ceramic sieves once used to strain liquid whey from the more solid milk curds.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2018
• Those of you with eczema likely need to supplement skin with lipids to help keep the skin barrier strong.
  — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 16 Feb. 2018
• These cores can be carried into a cell sheathed in a tiny lipid droplet or a harmless chimpanzee virus.
  — Marla Broadfoot, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2021
• Ceramides are a group of waxy lipids (fats) that play an important role in skin structure.
  — Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2024
• But the alcohol has to be potent enough to disintegrate the lipid layer and kill the virus.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 13 Aug. 2020
• In a 2021 study, researchers found that ACV has the potential to reduce blood lipid profiles.
  — Dallas News, 25 Oct. 2022
• On Earth, building blocks for life take the form of amino acids, lipids and certain essential metals.
  — Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 11 July 2016
• Emollients are oils and lipids that relieve dry, itchy skin by filling in the gaps between the skin cells, sort of like the mortar between bricks.
  — Sarah Klein, SELF, 5 Jan. 2024
• These lipids are the perfect size to fit within the vesicles of that ceramic fabric.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, 26 Sep. 2019
• Sahay’s team is still puzzling out the best lipid nanoparticles to escort mRNA to the far reaches of the body.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 16 Dec. 2020
• Like butter, the lipids that compose membranes become more rigid in cold conditions and more fluid in heat.
  — Elizabeth Landau, quantamagazine.org, 11 Oct. 2024
• Your options include: Topical (spot-on) products are applied to the animal’s back; the medication is spread through the lipid/fatty layer across the pet’s skin and coat.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024