How to Use topical in a Sentence

topical

adjective

• But the stories are set in the present day and are filled with topical jokes and satire.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2023
• This was nice because it’s sharply tuned and smart and topical.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 9 Dec. 2023
• Even if the 1700s differs from our own time the theme is painfully topical.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 Sep. 2022
• Both oral and topical dog flea treatments have their pros and cons.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
• From the start, Paxton’s topical songs were often laced with a mix of irony, insight and anger.
  — Thom Duffy, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2022
• Social media churn makes the sharpest topical joke sound years late by 11 PM ET.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2022
• Owning a private topical villa with your own pool just minutes from the ocean and white sand beach?
  — John Vorwald, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
• Tea tree is known to help with bacteria when used as a topical ointment.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2024
• The model mom is grateful for topical products, but says the process to find experts and resources to know what to do and use (and what not to do and use) was a challenge.
  — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
• No harm is likely to come of this practice, but there are far better options for topical use.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• Billie Joe Armstrong said in a statement about the topical song that was one of the final ones tracked during the Saviors session.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2023
• The exchange rate: Four or five free items — mainly topical quips and juicy morsels of gossip — earned you one item mentioning a client.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2022
• In that case, your doctor will likely treat you with a topical or oral anti-fungal medicine.
  — Elizabeth Millard, Men's Health, 21 Nov. 2022
• Getting a lip injection starts with a topical anesthetic being applied to the area to numb the lips.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
• There’s no cure, but topical products can help soften and smooth skin texture.
  — Lacey Muinos, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
• Four years of topical estrogen have, my doctor says, fixed the problem.
  — Lori Gottlieb, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2024
• If trauma such as a car accident is the cause, oral zinc and topical vitamin A are options.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 15 Oct. 2022
• To image a patient’s tissue, a physician applies topical contrast gel to the area to be tested, then places the fiber bundle on the tissue.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Jan. 2024
• Ads also can’t promote or offer the sale of cannabis, with a few exceptions for some topical CBD products.
  — Mia Sato, The Verge, 15 Feb. 2023
• However, salmon sperm DNA can be found in several topical creams and serums.
  — Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
• Dark spot correctors are topical treatment options designed to correct the dark spots on the skin by lighting them.
  — Iman Balagam, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
• At the topical end of the spectrum, La Prairie has developed a way to address the vertical ligaments that keep skin contours firm.
  — Jamie Rosen, Town & Country, 30 Oct. 2022
• Women ages 25 to 45 who use topical steroids and face creams are most likely to get this rash, though men can develop it, too, per Cleveland Clinic.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
• All of this makes Latter-day Saint historian Matthew Bowman’s new book all the more timely, topical and telling.
  — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
• Part of this was in search of topical — and accessible — question fodder.
  — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• Fluoride is also added to toothpaste and other topical products and is in some foods.
  — Lisa Rathke, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2022
• Scenes that are topical one season can take on unexpected valences the next.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2024
• Instead, schools should let kids with lice stay in the classroom, while managing the insects with topical treatments like shampoos and lotions.
  — Stephanie H. Murray, The Week, 4 Oct. 2022
• One solution that Osorio and others are working on is a topical vaccine in the form of a paste or gel that could be applied to a bat that’s caught and rereleased into the wild.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
• This means the things that treat acne, like washing your face with salicylic acid cleansers and using topical retinoid creams, also treat comedones.
  — Myranda Mondry, Allure, 7 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024