How to Use particle in a Sentence

particle

noun

• There is not a particle of truth in what he said.
• There is not a particle of evidence to support their claim.
• The broom has flagged bristles that can pick up fine particles from all types of floors.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2023
• These tiny particles can get lodged in the lungs and move into the bloodstream.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 24 Apr. 2023
• But fine particles from the smoke can make their way indoors.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 8 June 2023
• At the center, there’s a tracker that tracks the particles passing through it.
  — Swapna Krishna, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2023
• Boogers can be yellow, green, or brown because of the particles that get trapped.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 7 Apr. 2024
• Their light belies their size, given that the particles range from the size of sand grains to boulders.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
• This can filter out some of the particles that are coming in from outdoors.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 8 June 2023
• These picks did a great job of removing plaque and food particles, too.
  — Cara Milhaven Published, Health, 10 July 2024
• Eclipses aren't known for shedding solar particles or moon dust that drifts down to coat us.
  — The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2024
• The three particle board shelves hold a reasonable 55 pounds per shelf (and 30 pounds per drawer).
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2023
• When there’s too many particle effects on screen, like the red flash that appears when staking a vampire, the frame rate slows to a crawl.
  — George Yang, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2023
• The pool cleaner can pick up small particles, like sand, as well as larger debris, such as leaves and twigs.
  — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2024
• The dust and particles produced from that time most likely played a major role in the discoloration of the varnish.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 July 2024
• Sound can not exist in space due to the lack of particles needed for vibration.
  — Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 15 July 2024
• When a cat licks itself, those papillae make one heck of a lint brush, trapping dirt, particles and loose fur.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2023
• On top of that, PM2.5 can have more dramatic effects because the particles are small enough to get deep into the lungs and even the bloodstream.
  — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2023
• Dish soap helps break down grease and food particles, and warm water aids in lifting them off the microwave's surfaces.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
• The act of flossing helps remove food particles and plaque that get stuck between teeth and along the gum line—spots your toothbrush is likely to miss.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 14 June 2024
• They’re joined by 1 million fast-moving particles that range in size between a pea and a grapefruit.
  — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023
• What’s more, the team thinks the nanorod warming method is reversible if necessary, as the particles cycle out of the atmosphere over a few years’ time.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Aug. 2024
• The lithium, aluminum, copper, and lead don’t fall to the ground because they’re suspended, like smoke particles, in aerosols.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
• At the highest dose (and, thus, the highest number of particles instilled), there was a nearly tenfold rise in the number of lung tumors.
  — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• By blocking out sunlight, these tiny dust particles set the scene for swathes of life to be snuffed out post-impact — including the dinosaurs.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
• The lungs cannot cleanse themselves of particles of that particular shape.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
• What’s more, the tiny particles in smoke can threaten people living far from the actual fires.
  — Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
• These masks filter out at least 95% of airborne particles.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
• Plus, the filter captures 99.99 percent of tiny, microscopic dust particles, and ensures that they’re not expelled back out into the air.
  — Megan Schaltegger, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024
• These rock particles contain fragile minerals called apatite and rutile that tell scientists about recent geology, as well as zircon, a super sturdy mineral that can let researchers peer billions of years into the past.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024