How to Use saliva in a Sentence

saliva

noun
Definition of salivanext
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  • Blood and saliva were on the outside of the blue Ford Mustang.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The bugs will pierce your skin and inject saliva into the bite.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 1 Feb. 2024
  • All dogs make these proteins, and all dogs have skin and saliva.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2022
  • These sweets can help increase saliva flow to coat and soothe your throat.
    — Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 26 July 2022
  • The bag was taken to a lab, where Phillips' DNA was pulled from saliva on a napkin.
    — CBS News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • For eternal life, harvest a dead man's toe and a newt's saliva.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The cup remains in the mouth for a few minutes, enough time for the drug to dissolve in saliva and enter the bloodstream.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Delta 8 THC can be detected in your blood, urine, saliva, and more.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2022
  • Researchers are finding that saliva may change the flavor of food.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
  • But the saliva test provided a clearer read and helped the Tide for its first game in Austin in a century.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Submandibular glands lie just under both sides of the lower jaw and carry saliva up to the floor of the mouth under the tongue.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Just refrain from food and drink for 30 minutes and add your saliva to a plastic tube.
    — Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2023
  • When kids eat, more saliva is produced, which can better wash away the goodies.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The last stylet—the hypopharynx—drips mosquito saliva into the wound.
    — John Sass, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
  • This means your body is trying to battle a foreign substance (the saliva).
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 7 Aug. 2023
  • If your doc confirms the condition through a saliva swab or blood test, your only choice is to wait it out.
    — Alexis Jones, Women's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • It has been shown that CBD can cause a decrease in the production of saliva in the short term, leading to feelings of dry mouth or thirst.
    — Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2022
  • My saliva changes from being a thick paste to over-salivating.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The saliva in your dog’s mouth is rich with DNA and will give you an accurate read on what breeds your dog may have in their bloodline.
    — Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • This reaction is due to a handful of proteins found in cats’ skin cells, fur, saliva and urine.
    — Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The germs take advantage of the fact that your saliva production slows down during sleep.
    — Maria Masters, Health, 21 Aug. 2023
  • For 30 years, Ruhl’s lab has been studying how mucins in saliva shield teeth from decay and help balance the many types of microbes that live in our mouths.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2022
  • And although Morgan told police the man’s spit landed squarely on his pants, the man told police his saliva hit the ground.
    — Agreen, oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The clinical study will take d n a from samples of hair, nails, saliva, or blood in people living in and around the East Palestine area and.
    — Staff Reports, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Some patients prefer saliva tests, Soria said, and that's OK too.
    — The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The virus is transmitted through saliva and causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The saliva test requires the user to spit into a tube and swabbing requires twisting a cotton swab against the inside of your cheek.
    — Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The domed cup also protects the drugs inside from dissolving in saliva.
    — Popular Science, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The rapid breathing motion causes the throat to produce saliva, and the evaporation cools.
    — Stella Marie Hombach, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Efforts to measure blood sugar in body fluids such as tears, sweat and saliva are not ready for prime time, either.
    — Jonel Aleccia, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024

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