How to Use cell in a Sentence
cell
noun
- The suspect was in the police station's holding cell overnight.
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In 1915, a mob dragged him from his prison cell and lynched him.
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Erin Kutch,
NBC News,
23 Feb. 2023
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Carlile then picks up her cell and the pair get down to business.
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Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
14 Nov. 2022
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Mitchell was in a concrete cell, with only a drain in the floor, the suit says.
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Doha Madani,
NBC News,
16 Feb. 2023
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At the jail, Wiley gave the key to Choate’s cell to his (Wiley’s) wife.
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Timothy Bella,
Anchorage Daily News,
19 July 2023
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The video shows the officers wrestling with Otieno through a slot in his cell door.
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Salvador Rizzo,
Washington Post,
25 Mar. 2023
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In his cell on death row, her boyfriend kept a cellphone.
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Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2023
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Tiny, coffin-like cells that four men were made to share.
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James Longman,
ABC News,
14 Dec. 2024
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Later that morning, the lawsuit states, Gantt her the lock open on her cell, and the door opened.
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Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com,
al,
12 June 2023
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As the disease progressed, the rod cells around the edges of my retina would die, followed by the cones.
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Andrew Leland,
The New Yorker,
8 July 2023
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That followed the death of a 27-year-old man who was found hanging in his cell last week.
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Shaila Dewan,
New York Times,
22 Nov. 2022
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There are times, usually in the evening, when cell service can be hit-or-miss due to the size of the crowd.
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Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
23 Sep. 2024
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Every cell in the brain has the gene for making the prion protein.
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Karen Weintraub,
USA TODAY,
27 June 2024
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To ensure her safety, she was housed in a single cell, the jail said.
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Rachel Weiner,
Washington Post,
12 Mar. 2024
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This leads to a cycle of increasing wear and tear as cells age.
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Ellen Quarles,
Fortune Well,
7 July 2023
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Down the hall is a row of metal black doors that open to windowless cells.
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Claire Harbage,
NPR,
17 Dec. 2024
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The new cell type could help fight diseases, even cancer.
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Tim Newcomb,
Popular Mechanics,
11 Jan. 2023
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When this occurs to cells in the SCN, the brain has a hard time syncing to the time of day through the presence or absence of light.
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Cathy Habas,
SELF,
17 Jan. 2025
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This can help fill the gaps between your skin cells — and lock in moisture while your skin is still damp.
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Alex Orlando,
Discover Magazine,
2 Feb. 2024
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This means the phone may have been in area without cell coverage or the phone was turned off.
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Jordan Kinsey,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2023
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Three men who don’t know one another sit in a prison cell.
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Paul Mozur,
New York Times,
22 Dec. 2022
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From the confines of his prison cell, Dame has watched Adonis live what could’ve been — what should’ve been — his life.
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Ineye Komonibo,
refinery29.com,
3 Mar. 2023
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So, pretty much locked up in a hotel room instead of a jail cell.
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Marlene Lenthang,
NBC News,
28 Feb. 2024
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But, if ice forms between the cells, the rigid cell walls protect the membranes from damage.
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Paul Cappiello,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Jan. 2023
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There are many different kinds of cells in the retina of a human eye.
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Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
25 Aug. 2023
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Not just delivered over the media, the alerts are also sent to cell phones.
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People Staff,
Peoplemag,
3 Nov. 2022
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The retina, located in the back of the eye, contains two types of light-detecting cells called cones and rods.
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Matthew Solan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2024
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Some are standing outside in the yard; others are leaning out of the windows of their cells.
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Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN,
13 June 2024
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He had been diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in 2023.
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Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
16 Jan. 2025
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Eventually, the polymer scaffold dissolves and the cells are washed away with a special solution.
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Emily Mullin,
WIRED,
29 Jan. 2025
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