How to Use swab in a Sentence

swab

1 of 2 noun

• The doctor took a throat swab and sent it to the lab.
• Use a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to disinfect the area.
• Stir the swab in the vial and then apply three drops of the liquid to the test kit.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 25 Jan. 2022
• Then the swab is joined with a test strip and a liquid reagent.
  — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2021
• The kit can process a urine sample and a swab of the vaginal area.
  — Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2023
• Test users swirl the sample swab in a vial, which then goes in a test unit.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2023
• And my mom kind of pulled me to the side and wiped me down with alcohol swabs.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
• The iHealth Covid-19 kit comes with a nasal swab, solution, and a test card.
  — Brenda Stolyar, Wired, 9 Aug. 2022
• Police took a swab from him, which matched the 1999 sample.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 15 June 2023
• At the Embassy Suites, the prospects for passing looked high, even before the swab.
  — Andrea Sachs, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
• They are asked to submit a nasal swab and a blood sample from each deer.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2022
• They were transferred to some chairs outside the ER, where a nurse came out with a swab to test Aaron.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2022
• The fodder are young athletes like Zhou whose Olympic dreams end with a nasal swab.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2022
• The process for signing up to be a stem cell plant donor is just a cheek swab that is sent off to a registry.
  — Mike Hutton, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
• Dip the swab into the liquid and write a message or draw a picture on the paper.
  — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
• His nasal swab samples were sent to test for Nipah as well.
  — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
• If your provider wants to test for HPV as well, a second or the same swab can be used for this purpose.
  — Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 27 June 2023
• The child has a cotton swab in hand and is gently sticking it up his dad’s nose.
  — Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2022
• LastSwab’s reusable swab takes the place of cotton ones — up to 1,000 of them, according to the brand.
  — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2022
• In his suit, Ulis asks that he and a DNA expert be allowed to collect swabs from the spindle.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
• The swab traverses a dark passage that leads to the nasal cavity.
  — New York Times, 18 Nov. 2021
• The new skin swab test collects this sebum from patients’ backs.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
• The diagnostic gold standard is to culture it in a lab from a swab or to have a blood test.
  — Amy Bennett Williams, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
• The test includes a swab, vial and reader to process the test, and uses a mobile app that guides the user through the test-taking process.
  — Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 19 Nov. 2021
• Once corralled, the birds will undergo a blood draw, as well as an oral and cloacal swab.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
• All the tables are dressed with brass grills, which a server swabs with a chunk of tallow so the incoming meat doesn’t stick.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• The swab is to be taken while Heuermann is in the presence of his attorney, who had opposed it.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2023
• After the swab, Alan, who had his phone and iPad, told his family that his nose wouldn’t stop bleeding.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022
• Plus, a quick exhalation is a lot more comfortable than a swab up the nose.
  — Katie Jennings, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
• The team found Miller, still on probation, who provided a swab.
  — cleveland, 23 Oct. 2022

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swab

2 of 2 verb

• The nurse swabbed the cut with a disinfectant.
• Just open the tube, swab your nose, and place the tube in the testing vial.
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
• Most of the at-home tests still ask you to swab just your nose.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Jan. 2022
• To keep the beef from sticking, a cube of tallow is swabbed over the grill.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• The over-the-counter test requires consumers to swab the inside of their noses.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2021
• The bottles were swabbed and the samples sent for testing.
  — Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 14 July 2023
• People swab themselves and swirl it in a vial that is then placed in a test unit.
  — NBC News, 17 Nov. 2020
• The team swabbed the rat’s mouth and butt before setting her free.
  — Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 27 July 2023
• For some rapid tests, users can swab themselves at home.
  — Matthew Perrone, Star Tribune, 7 Feb. 2021
• The man went to his doctor, who swabbed his nose and sent the sample to the CDC, according to the report.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2020
• To take the test, users will need to self-swab their noses, then ship it back to Everlywell.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2021
• The only thing the nurses could give him was a frozen cotton swab to put on his tongue.
  — Maggie Menderski, courier-journal.com, 24 Nov. 2020
• The idea that a person could swab their throat at home for a Covid-19 test isn’t totally out of left field.
  — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2022
• For an accurate test, a patient must swab deep in the back of the nose or throat where the virus is most active.
  — Erin Brodwin, STAT, 20 Mar. 2020
• The test will be a less invasive nasal PCR swab that is painless.
  — Peggy O’Hare, ExpressNews.com, 9 Oct. 2020
• Hawk will ship swabbing kits to customers, which then go to a third-party lab.
  — Lina Zeldovich/undark, Popular Science, 15 May 2020
• In that method, students in a class or pod swab their own noses and combine the sample, which is sent out for a PCR test.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2021
• In the early weeks of the virus's spread across the state, there were not enough available tests to swab everyone who needed it.
  — Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2020
• Your health care provider will swab the back of your nose or throat to collect a sample for testing.
  — Allison Duncan, Health.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• Patients must swab their noses, swirl the sample into a vial, and then wait up to 30 minutes to see the results.
  — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
• The initial core group of 400 students will be required to swab their noses every day for four months.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2021
• Some testing sites may ask you to swab your nose or cheek yourself, or spit into a tube.
  — Sarah Krouse, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2020
• Graf said four of the blood stains were swabbed and a presumptive blood test came back positive.
  — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• These steps were repeated with a small cotton swab to get into the inner corners of the eye and around the lash line.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2022
• At-home tests, which can be bought through CVS or Walgreens, come with instructions on how to swab the nose or throat.
  — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 17 Sep. 2021
• Parents must be aware that a negative Covid swab in an ill child isn’t permission to send the child to school.
  — WSJ, 28 Nov. 2021
• That means people who volunteer to get their nose swabbed will not receive the results of their test.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 7 Nov. 2023
• Fully at-home tests, such as those made by Ellume and Abbott, require users to swab their noses and drop the swabs in a liquid.
  — New York Times, 26 Feb. 2021
• Everlywell’s at-home nasal swabbing kit, available to the public at the end of May, will cost testers $135.
  — Asia Ewart, refinery29.com, 18 May 2020
• Many test sites now get a saliva sample, and some just swab the shallow part of your nostril, not the part deep inside your skull.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 3 May 2024