How to Use pollen in a Sentence

pollen

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• Weed pollen and mold spores are both running moderate/high.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
• With three stages of filtration, the machine sucks out smoke, germs, dust, pollen, and dander.
  — Melissa Epifano, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022
• The team gloves the fingerlike flowers with white bags and zip-ties them — an effort to control the flow of pollen.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022
• Then comes shedding and pollen season, leaving your sinuses no relief in sight.
  — Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2024
• Run the air conditioning, but change your filters before each season to remove pollen, dust and mold.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022
• Fossilized pollen shows grasses and marshes once reached near the site of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2022
• The particles also landed on neighbors’ cars, leaving a fine layer of soot that covered the hoods like pollen in the spring.
  — Shane Loeffler, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2022
• Though weed pollination depends on the amount of daylight, fall can still bring allergens like pollen from ragweed.
  — Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
• Avoid an allergy response to grass pollen by regularly maintaining grass at the standard mowing height for the species.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2024
• Routine vacuuming will remove dirt, hair, and invisible soils like pollen and dander, and keep the rug looking new.
  — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2022
• Climate change is making pollen seasons longer and more intense—one reason your eyes may feel more irritated and itchy and look redder than ever before.
  — Alice Oglethorpe, Men's Health, 13 Sep. 2022
• But until now, bees and other pollinators have never been known to intentionally speed up the blooming process to gain access to pollen and nectar sooner.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2022
• Allergies — and the incessant stuffiness that goes along with them — are the result of an overreaction by the immune system to substances that are usually harmless, like pollen.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2024
• Substances in your body called histamines react to certain environmental factors, such as pollen or dust, resulting in an allergic reaction.
  — Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 24 July 2024
• Clear Things Up With the spring comes the spawn, along with the pollen.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
• Mud, sand, and pollen are no match for these Dyson faves.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 2 July 2024
• Keep your windows and doors closed to reduce the amount of pollen that can get in.
  — Maria Masters, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
• It’s finished with beeswax cream and sprinkles of bee pollen on the top.
  — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2022
• The Blue Pure Max unit clears the air of odor and pollen quickly — and does it quietly.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• Still, there were no reliable traces of the flowers from which the pollen came.
  — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2023
• Mites, thrips, aphids and some pollen and plant juices round out their diet.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
• The air around us contains water droplets, dust, pollen, and ash.
  — Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2022
• Use a dry cloth or soft brush to gently wipe away any loose pollen or dust.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2023
• Jonathan Gitlin The rain is about 50 percent pollen by volume in May.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
• The Christmas cactus has less spikey pads with rounder edges, and its pollen is pink.
  — Emma Phelps, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
• Spring is a time of rebirth, of resurgence, of flowers in bloom and pollen and sneezes.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
• This one can take on all the unwanted houseguests, from pollen and smoke to germs.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
• The pollen might be deposited but becomes too dry to stick to the surface.
  — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 26 June 2024
• These powerful vibrations eject pollen from the anther pores in the form of a cloud that strikes the bee.
  — Stephen Buchmann, The Conversation, 17 May 2023
• Tree pollen is still high at 182 grains per cubic meter of air.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024