How to Use membrane in a Sentence

membrane

noun
Definition of membranenext
Synonyms for membranenext
  • Turn the lobster tail over and cut the spiny membrane in the back.
    — Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The membrane at the top would have been last, overlapping the side pieces.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Inside the membrane of the cell wall, a minute world on which all of life depends.
    — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The side pieces would have gone on next, overlapping the first piece of membrane.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Next, cut open the gourd and remove all the stringy membranes and seeds, saving the seeds for later.
    — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Peel the large end of the egg under the thing membrane with your fingers just enough to make room for your spoon to get in there and do the rest of the work.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Once the water gets under the membrane of the shell, an egg peels easily.
    — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Transparent lens membrane of the right eye covers the iris.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Where’s the membrane between song and prose and poetry?
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 23 July 2023
  • Remove the seeds and membranes from this serrano to dial down the heat, or leave them in to keep things hot.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 16 July 2023
  • Your ability to smell starts in the mucus membranes of our nose.
    — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2023
  • This gives the eggshell’s protective coat time to wear off, which makes the white less likely to stick to the inner membrane and shrink.
    — USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Heating from the inside out breaks down the citrus membranes.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Older eggs are easier to peel than fresh eggs because as the egg ages, the membrane pulls away from the inside of the shell.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The membranes of pterosaur wings had to stay strong and resist tearing while staying thin, even at high wind speeds.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Two spices are derived from each nutmeg fruit — what the world knows as nutmeg is the seed, while the spice mace is the red membrane surrounding the seed.
    — Muktita Suhartono Nyimas Laula, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • In this process, salt is filtered out of the saline water when it's pushed through a semipermeable membrane with tiny pores.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 12 Feb. 2023
  • So what’s old, what’s new, and what lies just beyond the thin membrane of reality?
    — Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Lavie Tidhar, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • With membrane and magnet in place over the cup, the finished device is like a tiny kettledrum: Thump on it, and the drumhead vibrates.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024
  • With a proprietary membrane that Arc’teryx developed with Gore-tex, these bib pants will keep you dry — even in wet slush.
    — Douglas Schnitzspahn, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Ions pass from one solution to the other by crossing a membrane, which keeps the solutions apart.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The three forms of proteins are fibrous, globular, and membrane, each with its own purpose.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Male bats used their abnormally large penises like an extra arm to move the females’ tail membranes out of the way.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Keep them at room temperature, and their membranes will melt.
    — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The pump transferred protons from the cytoplasm to the compartment between the extra membrane and the chloroplast.
    — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 July 2023
  • Bonded with a wind and waterproof membrane, it’s meant to keep you warm and dry in all situations.
    — Christina Liao, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Then an electric field sort of forces those protons through a proton exchange membrane.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Oct. 2023
  • This will kill any pathogens still lurking in the membrane and will also banish any residual foul taste.
    — Alisha McDarris, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The system pumps water through the membrane, whose tiny pores allow the water to pass through, but trap the PFAS and other contaminants.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2023
  • Smoky air can dry out mucus membranes, which puts the lining of the respiratory tract at greater risk.
    — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 8 June 2023

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