How to Use secrete in a Sentence

secrete

verb

• And that causes the tear film to secrete more mucus to make up for the missing layer of moisture.
  — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 27 Oct. 2021
• Some of these tiny openings contain oil glands which secrete oil to keep the skin from drying out.
  — Julie Ricevuto, Allure, 29 Oct. 2020
• The toadlets secrete a poison called tetrodotoxin, which is the same poison found in fugo fish, Goutte said.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 28 Apr. 2021
• The females secrete a thin, white, brittle shell called the paper nautilus.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2010
• The responses are caused by a small protein called Fel d 1 that cats secrete through their salivary and skin glands.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022
• Spurdogs can be found in deep water, and the spines in front of the shark's two dorsal fins secrete a venom that can cause pain and swelling in humans.
  — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
• Whittaker’s team has focused on preen oil, which birds secrete from a gland at the base of the tail and rub onto their feathers.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 7 July 2021
• And this meant looking at the hormones that are secreted when people eat.
  — WIRED, 12 June 2023
• Sweat glands on the loris’ elbows secrete a toxin that, when licked, can give the primate a poisonous bite, the National Zoo said.
  — Makiya Seminera, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Long cilia grab and hold the insect in place, much like fingers, as the plant begins to secrete digestive juices.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2023
• The warty amphibian can secrete a milky poison from the parotid glands behind its shoulders that can be fatal to wildlife.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
• Stress: Your body secretes more androgens than usual if you are stressed.
  — Jacqueline Andriakos, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
• Neurons in the hindbrain, sitting at the base of the skull, secrete their own GLP-1, while receptors listening to them are found throughout the brain.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
• Bee larvae and pupae appear to secrete a chemical that does the work of a late-night cup of coffee for their nurses.
  — Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2020
• The Times reviewed a few dozen graphic videos from the past six years saved to a thumb drive picked out of the trash by one inmate, and later secreted out of the jail by another.
  — Steve Padilla, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
• Some years ago, Porat-Shliom and her colleagues were studying the acinar cells of the salivary glands, which act in concert to secrete saliva.
  — Quanta Magazine, 6 July 2021
• Most prostate cancers start from cells that form part of the prostate gland, whose primary job is to secrete prostatic fluid.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 18 July 2023
• Melatonin is the hormone that our bodies use to control these actions, as it is secreted in the brain as a response to darkness.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
• Stay in one of the park’s cozy cabins, secreted among the tall pines, or nab one of the 59 campsites that put some of Florida’s most pristine white-sand beaches at your doorstep.
  — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2024
• During feeding, the bugs also secrete honeydew, which promotes the growth of black sooty mold.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2022
• To initiate mating, the male raises its wings to reveal a sweet substance secreted from a gland on its back.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
• The anal glands of dogs secrete unique scents that convey a wealth of information about the dog, such as its diet, gender, emotional state, and more.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
• The kidneys respond by secreting a substance, renin, which starts a cascade (the renin-angiotensin system) that causes the blood pressure to go up.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
• One of her friends is delighted to find a diamond secreted inside a tube of toothpaste.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
• Male wall lizards, like many geckos and iguanas, secrete a waxy fluid from pores in their inner thighs to mark their territory.
  — Saugat Bolakhe, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
• The insects secrete various 'danger signals' in their pheromones that can tell the entire colony to spring into action.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 June 2023
• Diabetes doctors noticed a side effect of the drug, which works by telling the pancreas to secrete more insulin to control blood sugar.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2022
• Over time, the latter may exhaust the pancreatic cells that secrete insulin and lead to diabetes.
  — Cynthia Sass, Rd, Health.com, 1 July 2021
• Cane toads have large, triangular parotoid glands on their shoulders that secrete a milky toxin.
  — Jay Cannon, USA TODAY, 12 June 2020
• Before being born, white sharks are sustained by a special substance, called intrauterine milk, that is secreted in their mothers’ uteruses.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024