How to Use saliva in a Sentence

saliva

noun

• Chew sugar-free gum to increase the flow of saliva, which helps remove acid.
  — Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 30 July 2024
• Drool rash can happen when a baby produces excess saliva that irritates the skin around the mouth.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 15 July 2024
• Tokyo used saliva tests, and some groups (including media) were only tested once every few days.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2021
• Students must also have a second round of saliva testing on Thursday.
  — Tatyana Turner, chicagotribune.com, 7 Dec. 2021
• Most of these are broken, but the few that remain will dissolve into sand in your mouth, turn to cement when mixed with saliva, and taste of wheat.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 24 Nov. 2021
• Rabies is a deadly nervous system disease that can be spread from wild animals to humans through saliva.
  — Caroline Catherman, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Dec. 2021
• Normally, this behavior spreads the Fel d 1 in their saliva all over their fur, which in turn gets all over your couch, your sweater, your bed, etc., etc., etc.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2021
• Donahue said that by sending at-home test kits to prekindergarten students, parents will be able to use nasal swabs on their children, which may be easier for small children than saliva tests.
  — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
• When no specific cause can be identified, medications to reduce saliva production can be tried.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Dec. 2021
• Previous evidence has shown that people infected with Covid-19 have high levels of the virus in their saliva.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2021
• That’s because all cats—longhair, shorthair, no hair—shed a pernicious little protein called Fel d 1, found in the saliva and oil glands, which causes most cat allergies.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2021
• To test the gum’s effectiveness in trapping the virus, researchers collected saliva samples from Covid-19 patients and mixed them with a powdered form of the gum.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2021
• 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
• 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
• Swans use a special oil gland and their saliva to keep their feathers white.
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 7 June 2024
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024