How to Use secretion in a Sentence

secretion

noun
  • The virus can also be spread from secretions in the mouth and nose, Frenck said.
    The Enquirer, 4 June 2023
  • The mucin and secretion filtrate does come from the snails, but there’s also more to it.
    Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Turns out, the experts are not fans of snail secretion.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 6 Feb. 2018
  • In the past, the distillery produced a whiskey with the secretion from beavers’ castor sacs.
    Michael Casey, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2022
  • In the past, the distillery produced a whiskey with the secretion from beavers' castor sacs.
    Michael Casey, USA TODAY, 28 June 2022
  • Birds can shed the virus through their oral, nasal, urine and fecal secretions.
    Todd Cornish, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The by-product is an acid secretion that leads to tooth decay.
    NBC News, 18 July 2019
  • Sure enough, the group that had been living in the wild with the fungus produced skin secretions that better fought off the pathogen.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Karen grimaces as Steve inserts a long thin tube all the way into the lungs to pull up secretions.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2020
  • In the center of the flower is the entrance to a tube called a nectar spur, which contains sweet secretions.
    Douglas Main, National Geographic, 11 July 2019
  • Once the tube is inserted, a cuff is inflated to keep the tube in place and seal out secretions.
    USA Today, 10 Apr. 2020
  • The ants are feeding on a sweet secretion the plant releases.
    oregonlive.com, 2 July 2019
  • The plant is the only host for their eggs and sole sustenance for the caterpillars, which feed on milky secretions from the leaves.
    Calvin Woodward, Fox News, 31 July 2018
  • But where Covington’s group predated the Trump era, the Base was a secretion of it.
    James Verini, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • However, when grabbed, the snakes will discharge a secretion from their anal gland, and some might strike.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • What’s the harm in believing that there are beaver butt gland secretions in my vanilla ice cream?
    Rachel Becker, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2018
  • Jillian no longer had the ability to cough or clear secretions from her lungs on her own.
    Daniela Porat, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The material comes from secretions of the fish, such as feces and urine.
    Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2019
  • For the past couple years, people from here (as in, in the U.S.) to South Korea have been all about smearing snail secretions on their faces.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Royal jelly is a secretion made by nurse bees that is meant to feed queen bees and larvae.
    Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Turn the person to their side to allow saliva and other secretions to drain and to keep their airway open.
    Smita Patel, Verywell Health, 19 July 2024
  • Believe it or not, the product is made with more than 96 percent of snail secretion filtrate to soothe, firm, and heal skin.
    Gabriella Maestri, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The flies ingest the worm larvae, then land on an animal's eyes, where the flies feed on tears and other secretions.
    Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Long sat in the chair, listening to Parker as Seven applied the frog secretions to her arm.
    John Carlisle, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The researchers saw one of the frogs wiggle into a flower in search of nectar, then emerge with pollen clinging to the secretions on its moist back.
    Asher Elbein, Scientific American, 6 May 2023
  • In the wild, the chemical is found in foods the insects sometimes eat, such as ant cadavers and secretion from aphids.
    Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2019
  • And found that the reunion with the owner stimulate tear secretion.
    Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The researchers added skin secretions from captive frogs to petri dishes of growing Bd.
    Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Soap and water is a better option when hands are soiled with blood, stool, diarrhea or other body secretions.
    Discover Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
  • If these bug secretions escape our awareness, what other insect products are hidden in plain sight?
    Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024

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