How to Use ingestion in a Sentence

ingestion

noun

• Signs of ingestion can look like the child swallowed a coin, so be wary, experts said.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022
• Stinging in the oral cavity caused by ingestion of the sperm bags of a squid: a case report.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2014
• After ingestion, the body breaks it down into the latter — and the trip begins.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
• The ingestion of just 2 milligrams of fentanyl can prove fatal to adults.
  — oregonlive, 26 June 2023
• Both can be lethal for pets and predators within hours of ingestion.
  — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2022
• The results could be skewed if health care providers were on the lookout for ingestions, Dodington added.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
• The researchers looked at the ingestion of edible cannabis with known amounts of THC in about 80 children under 6 years old.
  — Sarah Cottrell, Parents, 12 Sep. 2023
• In some cases, lead ingestion can cause seizures, coma or death.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
• Because of its method of ingestion, crack cocaine produces a quicker and more acute high.
  — Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2020
• For animal-farm digesters, the process starts with a cow’s ingestion and excretion of feed.
  — The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
• Cataloging of all data at the point of creation or ingestion.
  — Rehan Jalil, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
• Olstad says most cases with animal ingestion of edibles work themselves out with the help of time and a dark room where the dog can chill out.
  — Jenna Schnuer, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2022
• There was no odor or chemical smell to the sealant, but school standards dictate that any chemical used must have a low ingestion risk.
  — CBS News, 15 June 2022
• But tell that to the scores of athletes WADA has suspended over the years, even those who have claimed inadvertent ingestion.
  — Barry Svrluga, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• The powder in the capsule must be mixed with food that can’t be too hot or too liquid, and children shouldn’t exercise for three hours after ingestion.
  — Dasha Afanasieva, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
• The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner later ruled the 4-week-old’s death a homicide by ingestion of drugs.
  — Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2024
• The last episode suggested a replay of small-creature ingestion.
  — James Lileks, Star Tribune, 6 June 2021
• The ingestion of strawberries during a school fundraiser had nothing to do with the March 15 death of an 8-year-old Kentucky boy, officials said.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024
• To grab a handful and dominate it by ingestion is to shake that certainty, if for only a moment.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2022
• Catch up fast: Health advocates had been pushing to update the rule for years based on links between lead ingestion and brain damage and heart disease.
  — Monica Eng, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
• As a result, children can open the packaging with ease, which can lead to poisoning by ingestion or even contact with skin.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 19 Apr. 2022
• How lead damages the body Lead enters the body through three routes: ingestion, absorption or inhalation.
  — Aaron Specht, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
• This process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours, making capsules and edibles the slowest method of CBD ingestion.
  — Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2022
• The lead dust that can be released by actions such as opening windows poses a threat of ingestion to children playing on the floor, for instance, Arroyo said.
  — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 6 Dec. 2022
• These will interfere with its ability to attach to a host cell, or single out the microbe for ingestion by cells called neutrophils.
  — WIRED, 19 Nov. 2023
• That includes the duration and dose of the exposure, and how the person was exposed — whether from inhalation, ingestion or contact with skin.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2022
• In the three-to-five days after ingestion, things go downhill, with abrupt liver and multiorgan failure.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2022
• Rather, the hair absorbed the chemicals after ingestion.
  — Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
• Vaporizing the cannabis, for example, is the most powerful mode of ingestion and the most likely to cause anxiety.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2022
• By 2020, these centers were getting more calls about melatonin ingestions in kids than any other substances, research showed.
  — Lisa Bain, Good Housekeeping, 1 July 2023

Last Updated: 4 Jan 2025