How to Use saliva in a Sentence

saliva

noun
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 | Nalvarez@al.com, 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
  • Birds can shed the avian flu virus through saliva, nasal secretions and feces.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 7 Apr. 2022
  • When kids eat, more saliva is produced, which can better wash away the goodies.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Experts attribute the spread of H5N1 to the migration of wild birds, which pass the virus through saliva, mucus and droppings.
    — NBC News, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Pacing in a state of agitation, its flanks heave with every breath and its mouth drips with saliva.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2024

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