How to Use connective tissue in a Sentence
connective tissue
noun-
Trim the skin and any traces of connective tissue from the sides of the swordfish steaks.
— Wolfgang Puck, chicagotribune.com, 23 Oct. 2019 -
As to the carne, choose a cut of beef that has lots of connective tissue and flavor.
— Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2021 -
Think of it as the connective tissue that will bring us into the next era of trends.
— Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2021 -
These blades slice through fascia, fats, and connective tissue to take the chew out of the meat.
— The Editors, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023 -
And my third bucket is the connective tissue work, the lower leg, the ankle, the Achilles, the calf.
— Greg Presto, Men's Health, 26 July 2022 -
The folds of flesh and connective tissue in the video looked foreign compared to what lay in front of me.
— Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Jan. 2024 -
In other words, the dots are there, but the connective tissue isn’t.
— Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2020 -
It is caused by fat deposits that push against the connective tissue in the skin.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022 -
Clean and trim all the connective tissue from the organs.
— Cosmo Genova, Field & Stream, 19 Feb. 2020 -
Remove the sinew and connective tissue but keep the fat.
— Paula Forbes, GQ, 1 July 2018 -
This is her skill: her easy patter about the connective tissue of life that links strangers.
— Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 11 June 2019 -
Discard the bones and connective tissue, and chop the meat into bite-sized chunks.
— Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021 -
And that's certainly the connective tissue of the show.
— Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2020 -
Hence the decision to make that idea the connective tissue binding the show.
— Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023 -
Save for a single image at the start of the special, there were no signs of Avengers or hints of connective tissue.
— Jacob Siegal, BGR, 10 Oct. 2022 -
And Billie’s voice is the connective tissue through them all.
— Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 28 Sep. 2023 -
While the potatoes cook, pull the short rib meat off the bones, removing any bits of connective tissue.
— Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021 -
The idea was also to have a kind of connective tissue to what the audience has seen before.
— Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2022 -
Thankfully, She-Hulk is giving us some of the connective tissue that tells us the Avengers are there.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 2 Sep. 2022 -
The couple make their chin rests from wood harvested on their land in the Cinque Terre and their glue from fish skin or the connective tissue of cows.
— Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024 -
Leaving the brisket to cook low and slow in the slow cooker is the best way of making sure the connective tissue has a chance to break down and tenderize.
— Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 11 July 2023 -
In stage 2, the tumors may have spread to connective tissue, muscles or bones.
— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2023 -
The nerve can be compressed in a structure near there called the cubital tunnel, where a sheet of connective tissue covers the nerve just over the condyle of the humerus.
— Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023 -
The epidural space, which is the outermost part of the spinal canal, contains spinal nerve roots and loose connective tissue.
— David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Sep. 2018 -
This classic tool is like a ‘dough roller’ for your connective tissues.
— Lauren Schwartzberg, Slate Magazine, 2 Jan. 2018 -
Since Bryce is no longer at Liberty, it’s Ani who is the connective tissue between him and those still at the high school.
— Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2019 -
The Illiotibial band is a thick piece of connective tissue that runs parallel to the femur from the hip to the knee.
— Jason Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2019 -
Cellulite is caused by a breakdown in the connective tissue that helps to keep skin looking smooth.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022 -
Most of the body's immune cells are found in the connective tissues of the small intestines, just beneath the epithelium.
— Mark Gurarie, Health, 6 Nov. 2024 -
For thread, early Americans likely used the sinew from the connective tissues of large mammals, Pelton said.
— Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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