How to Use pheromone in a Sentence

pheromone

noun

• And to make sure males get that message, females emit a pheromone that turns them off.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2016
• The more beetles that came, the stronger the pheromone’s pull, until a forest was destroyed.
  — Daniel McGlynn, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2012
• Even better, more ants will follow pheromones back to the trap, speeding along the process.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2017
• During this process, have your friend purchase a feline pheromone plug-in for the home.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• What’s that porky-buttery-pecan-rich pheromone among the cabbage and salsa?
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
• Snakes will follow pheromone trails laid down by other snakes leading to the den.
  — Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2020
• To address adult moths, which emerge in June and July, pheromone traps are available that lure in male moths.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2022
• The new bar across the street can try all those gimmicks, but Frank doesn’t need to pump in pheromones during brunch, lunch or dinner.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 18 Dec. 2017
• Place pheromone traps in apple trees to detect presence of codling moth.
  — oregonlive, 1 May 2022
• There are two types of scents that these traps use: a pheromone that attracts males and a floral scent that brings in males and females.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023
• His body was relaxed, his face alert and scenting, the way an animal scents pheromones in the air with its open mouth.
  — Mary Gaitskill, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• The pheromones can be distributed through collars, scent diffusers, wipes, or sprays; just make sure to buy for the right species!
  — Hannah Harper, Health.com, 15 Apr. 2020
• As a new queen begins to produce her own pheromones, the hive slowly aligns with her as the old bees die and new workers hatch.
  — Ben Huberman, Longreads, 22 Sep. 2017
• Once the insects arrive, the males use pheromones to attract other males and females.
  — Washington Post, 26 July 2019
• The rats had different reactions to each set of pheromones.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 18 Sep. 2019
• These are literal trails where ants lay down a pheromone on the path to a food source to attract other ants from their colony.
  — Tamara Gane, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2021
• These are literal trails where ants lay down a pheromone on the path to a food source to attract other ants from their colony.
  — Tamara Gane, Southern Living, 7 July 2024
• And are there more direct ways to control your personal brand of pheromone?
  — Clay Skipper, GQ, 14 Aug. 2017
• The pheromones lured boll weevils into traps where they could be sprayed with pesticides.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
• There are a lot of debates about whether humans secrete pheromones the same way animals do.
  — Adam Hurly, GQ, 12 Mar. 2018
• Set out an Indian meal moth pheromone trap, available at big box retailers, in your kitchen to trap the males.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 25 May 2021
• Knowing Giovanni's scent helps Gracie detect the shift in the child's pheromones that precedes a seizure.
  — Linda Marx, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
• To pull off such a deceit, the beetle larvae need to coordinate to produce enough pheromones to lure in a bee.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2018
• In the 1980s, a scientist at Monell named Charles Wysocki was studying androstenone, a pheromone found in the saliva of male pigs.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2021
• Once in the air, dogs are offered perks like a spa treatment and blankets covered with pheromones for extra comfort.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 May 2024
• Over time, the robots will learn how to groom the queen, in turn optimizing her egg laying and pheromone production.
  — Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 8 Mar. 2023
• First, plug-in canine and feline pheromones where the pets will spend most of their time, initially, so that everyone has equal chance to feel at ease.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 26 July 2019
• In the first trial, strong winds blew the females’ pheromones directly toward the males, enabling all of them to successfully locate the cage at the end of the course.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 2 Aug. 2019
• Two years later a pair of termite researchers came up with a name for such a social chemical—pheromone.
  — Daniel McGlynn, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2012
• The females, which are noticeably larger than the males, release pheromones on their way into shore to draw in suitors.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 28 June 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024