Example Sentences

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The driving factor for food and drink preference is not just taste, but also how an individual's body metabolizes it, Yaseen said.

From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023

Day after day, year after year, that repetitive exposure to the mainstream metabolizes in you until you’re irrevocably changed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023

As the liver metabolizes vinyl chloride, it spits out a chemical called chloroethylene oxide, which subsequently binds to our DNA, essentially vandalizing it and increasing the risk of tumor formation.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2023

One limitation with Paxlovid is that the active ingredient is given alongside another drug that reduces how fast the body metabolizes it, and this can also affect other drugs a patient is on.

From Scientific American • Feb. 8, 2023

"Oh, it metabolizes, all right, but you'd better find yourself another axiom, pretty quick."

From Contamination Crew by Nourse, Alan Edward