How to Use vial in a Sentence

vial

noun
  • Just open the tube, swab your nose, and place the tube in the testing vial.
    Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Dietschler takes a vial out of the cooler and pops the lid.
    Zoya Teirstein, Wired, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Stir the swab in the vial and then apply three drops of the liquid to the test kit.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The hours and vials, so many things sealed, opened and tested.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But much of it could be wiped out by a few vials of sperm.
    Sophie Strosberg, Parents, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Plus, the 15-ml vial is the perfect size to toss in your carry-on.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2022
  • Once a vial is opened, all the doses have to be used in six hours.
    Olivia Goldhill, STAT, 4 Mar. 2021
  • And, hold on — was that a teeny-tiny vial of tooth serum?
    Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Once a vial is opened, its shelf life is about six hours.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Test users swirl the sample swab in a vial, which then goes in a test unit.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Once the vial is open, it can’t be stored for later use.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 7 June 2021
  • When Sanofi cuts the price as of Jan. 1, Lantus will cost about $64 per vial.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Once a vial is opened, all the doses must be used up in a few hours.
    Ratheesh Raveendran, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Once the top has been punctured, the rest of the vial must be used within six hours.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Simply fill the vial with some water and this planter will take care of the rest.
    Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2021
  • And for just $75 USD, this mystery vial can be all yours.
    Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 7 July 2021
  • For the first day, the staff scheduled just enough patients to use up one vial.
    Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2021
  • At some point, too much liquid can cause a vial to break.
    Noah Weiland, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2021
  • Donor sperm is around £1000 per vial, which is equal to one round of treatment.
    Jamie Wareham, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
  • One by one, we were led into a small room and asked to spit into a vial.
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
  • Each vial will be infused with paint and used on the $500 boards, which are already sold out.
    Emily Leiker, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Among things that were out of place: vials of drugs in Harris’s purse that were not near her body.
    Dan Morse, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • One of them found a vial with seven blue pills in a box on Alex’s nightstand.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
  • The cost of the treatment is based on the cost of the full vial, even if the patient requires only a fraction of it.
    Kavita Patel, STAT, 27 Feb. 2021
  • The same vial is used for booster doses for adults 18 years of age and older.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 23 June 2022
  • The Pitt team even shipped vials of the phage to the hotel where Cole’s family was staying.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Skilled nurses can get up to 11 to 13 doses from each vial.
    Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 6 May 2021
  • The predators, each no bigger than a pinhead, come to their senses and zigzag out of the vial.
    Zoya Teirstein, Wired, 14 Aug. 2021
  • There was no blood vial or can of beans at that time, according to Shein.
    Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Allie was given 40 vials of anti-venom and has undergone two surgeries in response to the injury.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024

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