How to Use sterile in a Sentence

sterile

adjective

• The band wanted to be sure the new record was not sterile.
  — Eric Fuller, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
• At Canyon Creek, the sterile rooms were quiet and still.
  — Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 29 Nov. 2022
• Clean the area: Use a sterile saline wound wash spray twice per day.
  — Madeleine Burry, Health, 1 Feb. 2024
• They are meant to feel less sterile and more like home.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 12 May 2022
• After Hours, the mega-star’s most sterile project to date.
  — Bobby Olivier, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2022
• Kent was calling the games from a sterile studio, away from the games.
  — oregonlive, 21 June 2021
• The process begins with sterile source tissue, a small piece of a leaf, fruit, root, or shoot.
  — Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
• The mix should be sterile and hold roughly an equal amount of air and moisture.
  — Benjamin Whitacre, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2022
• Dip the end of the shoot in rooting hormone and place it in a pot with moist, sterile potting soil.
  — oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2021
• Urine is sterile; the sink gets washed out afterward; and my hands are clean.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 14 Dec. 2021
• The piercer will first clean and prep your skin, using a sterile, single-use pen to mark the spot of your piercing.
  — Madeleine Burry, Health, 1 Feb. 2024
• And who would know the best about a sterile environment?
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2022
• At the end of this very long, sterile block is one other person, a young woman.
  — Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• In a sterile hood, Gao uses a hole puncher to remove a tiny chunk of a leaf or stem.
  — Emily Cataneo, Wired, 7 Nov. 2020
• That was key to the slog through long days, tight deadlines and an Olympics that often felt sterile and joyless.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2021
• Kevitch thought dating apps on the whole were too sterile.
  — Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2020
• The woman handed the couple some sterile gauze and told them to keep pressure applied to the wound, Zach said.
  — oregonlive, 25 July 2023
• The agency cannot order a recall of wipes - sterile or not.
  — John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
• Prescott was treated with sterile dressing on site before surgery to wash the wound and fix the fracture.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
• If part of the bone protrudes, apply pressure and cover with a clean, sterile gauze.
  — Stacey Colino, Parents, 20 Sep. 2023
• The skin grafts, which are produced in sheets, keep wounds sterile and promote healing.
  — Andy Peters, ajc, 11 Apr. 2022
• Each pill has been made under the most sterile, precise, and strictest standards.
  — Michael Carroll, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
• If there was no sperm in his semen, he would’ve been deemed sterile in a prior lifetime.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2021
• Its planes of gray and black feel hard-edged and sterile, which is to say entirely at odds with the emotional warmth of the food coming out of the kitchen.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2024
• Like other hybrids in the animal kingdom, such as the mule or the liger, the kunga was sterile.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Jan. 2022
• Back then, Baker was 35 and feared his last Olympic memory would be that strange and sterile ouster.
  — Jerry Brewer, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
• Green says to use cling wrap ($3, Walmart) or a sterile, non-fluffy cloth ($8, Amazon) to apply the product.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2020
• Keeping the skin clean is also key, so use sterile bandages.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
• Among these insects, most individuals—the workers—are largely sterile and live just a few months.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
• The risk for meningitis may be higher because the implant creates a pathway from the outer ear to the inner ear, which is normally sterile.
  — Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Jan 2025