How to Use molecule in a Sentence

molecule

noun

• There is not a molecule of evidence to support these charges.
• The first time was in 1958 for his work on the structure of the insulin molecule.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 7 Oct. 2022
• Dust and molecules that will one day form new stars are in this gas, per NASA.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
• The problem is a pesky molecule named USAG-1 keeps getting in the way.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
• What happens when a small molecule, like a drug, gets lodged in one of its crevices?
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
• Among the molecules found by Webb was dimethyl sulfide.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2024
• On one molecule, no group scored higher than the 20s—DeepMind scored in the high 80s.
  — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 27 June 2021
• From the highway — and from EddieWorld — what stands out in the park is a huge bust, in the shape of the coronavirus molecule.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Feb. 2023
• By changing the stained molecules, the tooth becomes lighter.
  — Jaylyn Pruitt, Health, 22 June 2023
• Enlarge / Ball-and-stick model of the colchicine molecule.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
• The amount absorbed appeared to depend on the length of the carbon chain within the molecule.
  — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 July 2024
• That means ozone is a molecule with three oxygen atoms (O3).
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2023
• As such, they are laid out in one-molecule-thick layers.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Feb. 2022
• That new molecule dissolves in the water of clouds and travels down to the ground through raindrops, Volenec said.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2021
• But Roth isn’t trying to find the next mind-bending molecule.
  — Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 23 June 2021
• The telescope picked up on the signature of water molecules in one of the largest craters in the moon’s southern hemisphere in 2020.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
• So much can go wrong in the development process: Maybe the molecule only docks with the protein in the lab.
  — Doug Strickland, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2021
• This changes the way molecules that make up skin interact with light.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
• The oxygen molecules in the air react with iron, forming rust.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2023
• The ozone layer is a thin blanket in the stratosphere made of molecules with three oxygen atoms.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
• The drug in this case is a molecule that contains two parts: a tracker and a cancer-killing payload.
  — Carla K. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2021
• Sagiv: The dream of chemistry is to have a handle on each molecule, to be able to put it in the right place, and to build with molecules.
  — Scientific American Custom Media, Scientific American, 29 July 2022
• The molecule in Villeda’s study also comes from the liver.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 31 Dec. 2021
• And the most likely molecule is the protein cryptochrome.
  — Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, 4 Aug. 2021
• Pores of a certain size confine water molecules in a way that helps ice form, too.
  — Quanta Magazine, 17 June 2024
• The researchers behind the brain plastics study think the tiny shards of plastic hitch a ride on fat molecules to get inside brain cells.
  — Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025
• The system needs to know what a certain molecule or a set of molecules smells like to a human.
  — Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
• The process involves a molecule called caffeic acid, which is abundant in plants to make cell walls.
  — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
• After the data has been written into the DNA, the molecule must be kept safe somewhere.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2024
• These molecules travel to the colon, where bacteria ferment them.
  — Merve Ceylan, Health, 11 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 4 Mar 2025