How to Use sensitize in a Sentence

sensitize

verb

• The pond virus killed off most of the bacteria and re-sensitized the survivors to antibiotics.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2018
• Was the last mouse being sensitized to pain by seeing others in pain?
  — Frans B. M. De Waal, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
• The three players have grown de-sensitized to the drama that’s unfolded during their time with the program.
  — Rolando Rosa, ajc, 16 Nov. 2017
• Rediker suggests Lay's diminutive stature helped sensitize him to the plight of the less fortunate.
  — Joe Smydo, Philly.com, 5 Nov. 2017
• Research has shown that the use of products with larger amounts of witch hazel over time can have drying and sensitizing effects on the skin.
  — Nia Decaille, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2020
• So the anger could be either created by pot-stirring or perceived by the person sensitized to it.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
• These qualities are hard to select for or to instill, but their lack can be quickly discerned by those who have been sensitized by need.
  — John Crowley, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
• There is no question that parenthood sensitizes adults to all of the risks surrounding their children.
  — The Oregonian/oregonlive, al, 1 May 2019
• Nonhuman primate studies showed that the technique did not harm the eye, and also helped the researchers establish the proper dose of Chrimson4 to sensitize the retinal cells.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 May 2021
• The researchers found that applying a much smaller voltage across the molybdenum disulfide could sensitize it to light.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2022
• This was an effort to sensitize Muslim migrants to the dark history of the country that today offers them asylum.
  — Alexandra Rojkov, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2017
• An ambrotype is a photograph created on a glass plate that has been coated and sensitized in a chemical bath.
  — Pete Brook, WIRED, 23 May 2014
• The intuitive Moon blends well with unique Uranus, sensitizing our hearts and bringing new perspectives.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
• Meanwhile, a groundbreaking effort has been launched to help sensitize police to antisemitic crimes in the former East German state of Saxony.
  — Toby Axelrod, sun-sentinel.com, 5 May 2021
• Efforts to treat type 2 diabetes often focus on re-sensitizing the body to insulin.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• Only use this on tough spots and sparingly so — vitamin C is highly acidic and can sensitize your skin if overused at this concentration.
  — Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 13 June 2018
• Roth, 75, suggested putting the carnival on probation for several years while the city tried to sensitize locals to racial stereotypes.
  — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• Typically, my face feels sensitized after using foaming cleansers, but not with this one.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 14 Feb. 2023
• My experience growing up as a Sikh in this country, and having dealt with bias, hate, and bullying has sensitized me to the effects that this conduct can have on others and motivates me a great deal.
  — Jan Hefler, Philly.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• In other words, the reactions of mice cannot be attributed to mere imitation, because a mouse seeing a companion in pain appears to be sensitized to any pain.
  — Frans B. M. De Waal, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
• Growing up in a violent neighborhood or household, or even being bullied in school can sensitize us to trauma.
  — Jessica Dulong, CNN, 27 June 2022
• Our work revolves around sensitizing students and the new generation and arming them with knowledge.
  — Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2018
• There, the bits of genetic material cause cells to produce proteins that cannot cause disease but can sensitize and educate the immune system.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 15 May 2020
• Following injection into the same area of the nervous system that the RNAs originated, the animal behaved as if it had been sensitized.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 May 2018
• Those proteins are able to sensitize the immune system and trigger an allergic reaction in someone with a food allergy.
  — Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 30 July 2019
• One view is that the increased amounts of CGRP released at the start of a migraine sensitize the trigeminal nerve to what are normally innocuous signals, resulting in inflammation in the nerves that is relayed to the brain as a pain signal.
  — Emily Underwood, Science | AAAS, 18 May 2018
• That difference can cause our immune systems to become hyper-sensitized, Gilbert told NPR in a recent interview.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 17 July 2017
• The authors speculate that nuts that hamsters consume may sensitize infants through physical contact or house dust.
  — Janelle Chavez, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
• But researchers sensitized by past elections are making the German contest a laboratory for studies of how to recognize bots and trace their effects.
  — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 13 Sep. 2017
• Francis did an about-face and apologized, and convened the presidents of every national bishops conference in 2019 to try to sensitize them to the importance of the issue for the church's credibility.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2021

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