Example Sentences

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At the same time, arginine slightly increased the presence of streptococci that are better at metabolizing arginine.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2026

Since the 1990s we’ve grown accustomed to hip-hop importing and metabolizing the sonorities and techniques of jazz.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

To this day people can still mimic Catherine O'Hara's showstopping lip-synch without metabolizing the song's meaning.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2023

When the researchers examined APOE4-affected brain cells, they noted abnormalities in many systems for metabolizing lipids.

From Scientific American • Nov. 18, 2022

First, when Martian soil was mixed with a sterile organic soup from Earth, something in the soil chemically broke down the soup—almost as if there were respiring microbes metabolizing a food package from Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan