How to Use saliva in a Sentence

saliva

noun

• Blood and saliva were on the outside of the blue Ford Mustang.
  — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Feb. 2024
• The bugs will pierce your skin and inject saliva into the bite.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 1 Feb. 2024
• Most of the tests use some sort of nose swab, but there are some tests that use saliva as well.
  — Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
• But in 2009, DNA testing on saliva from bite marks on her body linked Lazarus to the crime.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
• All dogs make these proteins, and all dogs have skin and saliva.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2022
• These sweets can help increase saliva flow to coat and soothe your throat.
  — Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 26 July 2022
• The bag was taken to a lab, where Phillips' DNA was pulled from saliva on a napkin.
  — CBS News, 19 Nov. 2022
• The virus spreads in birds through their saliva, mucous and feces.
  — Elizabeth Walsh, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2024
• Rodents shed the virus in their urine, feces and saliva.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021
• For eternal life, harvest a dead man's toe and a newt's saliva.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2023
• The cup remains in the mouth for a few minutes, enough time for the drug to dissolve in saliva and enter the bloodstream.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2023
• However, the saliva can also enter the body through a cut or break in the skin.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2022
• Also, dogs can be trained on sweat, or saliva or urine.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2021
• But what was more crushing wasn’t the saliva dripping down my face.
  — New York Times, 28 Sep. 2021
• Swans use a special oil gland and their saliva to keep their feathers white.
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 7 June 2024
• Brooke uses it to wipe away the excess saliva, a symptom of the disease.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2021
• Delta 8 THC can be detected in your blood, urine, saliva, and more.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2022
• Researchers are finding that saliva may change the flavor of food.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
• Chew sugar-free gum to increase the flow of saliva, which helps remove acid.
  — Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 30 July 2024
• IgA is also present in tears, saliva, breast milk, and mucus.
  — Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 8 Sep. 2024
• But the saliva test provided a clearer read and helped the Tide for its first game in Austin in a century.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 29 Aug. 2023
• Submandibular glands lie just under both sides of the lower jaw and carry saliva up to the floor of the mouth under the tongue.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
• Just refrain from food and drink for 30 minutes and add your saliva to a plastic tube.
  — Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2023
• Analysts were able to pinpoint a saliva and blood spot on the left shoulder of the nightgown.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 28 June 2024
• The over-the-counter test collects your saliva and requires same-day drop-off at a UPS location.
  — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2022
• The gland continues to leak saliva, but the saliva drains into the mouth rather than forming a cyst.
  — Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
• The saliva is the moisture that can cause itching and discomfort.
  — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 8 July 2024
• Some require a nasal swab, while others ask for a sample of saliva.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
• There have also been reports of correlations between saliva cortisol levels and cortical thickness in the frontal lobe among human adults.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
• The company’s at-home kits allow customers to exchange a saliva sample for insights into their genome relating to things such as their possible ancestry, health, and food preferences.
  — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024