How to Use biological in a Sentence

biological

adjective
  • Harwin tells his biological boys, Jace and Lucerys, to join the fight.
    Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Damian is Bruce Wayne’s biological son, a fact unknown to Wayne for the first eight to 10 years of Damian’s life.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Laine raised Tad as her own after the death of his biological mother, Cheryl.
    Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
  • This can look like the stepparent and the biological parent setting up a time to talk, says Williams.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 15 Dec. 2022
  • And that’s when William overhears the news that Jamie is his biological father.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • For decades we were led to believe that the father who raised us was our biological father.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Two of their biological children, Nick and Rose, also declined to comment when reached by the Globe.
    Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The affidavit says Dash was the biological father of three of the woman’s children, including the 13-year-old charged with killing him.
    Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • This is a person that was closer to me than my own biological father.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The stuff disrupts a key biological process necessary to keep plants alive.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • In Kentucky, both biological parents of a child have to give their consent for a stepparent to legally adopt the child.
    Sean Scott, The Enquirer, 2 Aug. 2022
  • In her memoir, Wong details the series of twists and turns (and a DNA test with surprising results) that led her to the truth about her biological father.
    Jodi Helmer, Fortune, 13 July 2022
  • Yet, the Lord placed other men in his life as surrogate dads, who loved him like their biological children.
    Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
  • The singer is a former romantic partner of Porter’s and the biological father of her son, Quincy Brown.
    Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • There are a wide range of biological therapies that are used in people who do not respond to this treatment.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The parent-theme continues with Mel’s quest to find her biological father, who just might have been under her nose this whole time.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The two married when her daughter turned 8, but for the next 3 years, the girl primarily lived with her biological father.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Two were biological kin, both younger than Savage, the eldest of 10 siblings.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Hen and Karen find out that Denny is in contact with his biological father.
    Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The Barnetts also claimed at the time that Grace had sinister intentions and tried to hurt both them and their biological children.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Authorities have said that Wynter was not Trice’s biological child, but the 1-year-old boy was.
    Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 7 July 2023
  • What does that mean to be the biological mother of a fetus that is genetically not your child?
    Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • State researchers have found crayfish — freshwater crustaceans that belong to the same biological group as lobsters — in a creek on the trail.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Shaq was estranged from Joseph until 2016 Throughout his life, Shaq’s biological father, Joseph, tried to reach out to him.
    Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
  • When this son was 2 years old, his biological father died in a car accident.
    Ask Amy, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Why didn’t Suzanne’s biological parents try harder to find her and what happened to her siblings?
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 12 July 2022
  • Click on Detroit, which shared a clip of the appearance, reports Vinson is the biological mother of the foster child in the family.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The shudder is a trauma response, a kind of biological palate cleanser that allows a return to a sense of normalcy after duress.
    Rachel Sherman Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Holly says her aunt and uncle, Bess and Richard Ferrell, had been unable to have biological children.
    Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Gary Stix, senior editor of mind and brain topics at Scientific American, edits and reports on emerging advances that have propelled brain science to the forefront of the biological sciences.
    Christiane Gelitz, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2025

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