How to Use lobe in a Sentence

lobe

noun
Definition of lobenext
  • The signal was a light tug on the lower lobe of the ear.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The menu offers a caramelized lobe of foie gras for $15 more.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 8 July 2021
  • To speak those lyrics in the form of a tune taps into the right parietal lobe.
    — Jessica Ravitz, CNN, 12 May 2017
  • There are five lobes in the lungs, three on the right and two on the left, Flores explained.
    — Ashley Welch, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2018
  • The east lobe is the deeper of the two lobes with an average depth of 200 feet.
    — Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Hens with white feathers and white ear lobes lay white eggs.
    — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Sideburns should not be more than one-half inch below the bottom of the ear lobe.
    — Samantha Brodsky, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2017
  • When worn on the same lobe, the unexpected curves stick out even more.
    — Indya Brown, The Cut, 27 Sep. 2017
  • After decades of being upstaged by the lobes, the rest of the ear is ready for its glow-up moment.
    — Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The Waukesha native's cancer was in all four lobes of her lungs.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2023
  • When in doubt, opt for something simple, like a thin silver hoop that hugs the lobe.
    — Todd Plummer, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The gauges in his ears have been confiscated and the lobes droop along with his spirits.
    — David Debolt, The Mercury News, 17 June 2017
  • The new cam doesn't have a decompression lobe, so the starter motor has to fight to fire the engine.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Glinting from Gurung’s right lobe was a creamy nacre sphere.
    — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2019
  • The western side of that glacial lobe had been showing signs of calving within the past few days.
    — Author: Madeline McGee, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Thompson went on to do a vertical stack of two studs on my right lobe.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 12 July 2022
  • And as a perk, Lopez explains that this piercing tends to heal easily, since there's the most blood flow in the lobe.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 29 Oct. 2022
  • It was located in the lower lobe of her left lung, a spot that’s much harder to reach.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 26 Sep. 2022
  • For the lobe skin to return to at least 80 percent of its original strength.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • With their deep lobes and complex patterns, its huge leaves may be as much as five feet across.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 19 June 2018
  • Taylor was hit in the esophagus and right upper lobe of his lung.
    — Cathy Locke, sacbee, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Tom Foxx has a malignant neoplasm of the lower lobe in his lung.
    — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Two kidneys, one lobe of a lung and the heart were removed from a 20-year-old woman who died from a gunshot.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The hoops on the lobe were much larger, nearly skimming her shoulders.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Living donors can give kidneys, a liver lobe, a lung, part of a lung, part of the pancreas or part of the intestines.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Slice straight down, from top to bottom, to remove one big pineapple lobe.
    — Meredith Stettner, Bon Appétit, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Less wonderful: the very, very rare squab breast sealed with a lobe of foie gras inside a pastry crust.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Bernia Garner was working behind the nurse's station when the patient jumped over the counter, knocked her to the ground and bit her ear lobe off.
    — Martha Bellisle, The Seattle Times, 8 Nov. 2018
  • George's natural locs fall below his eyebrows and ear lobes, which school officials say violates the district's dress code for male students.
    — Jonathan Franklin, NPR, 3 May 2024
  • This means that parts of these lobes atrophy, and the shrinking of these areas can cause speech issues, emotional problems and changes in personality.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024

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