How to Use lobe in a Sentence
lobe
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The signal was a light tug on the lower lobe of the ear.
—Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 12 Sep. 2017
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The menu offers a caramelized lobe of foie gras for $15 more.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 8 July 2021
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To speak those lyrics in the form of a tune taps into the right parietal lobe.
—Jessica Ravitz, CNN, 12 May 2017
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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
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The east lobe is the deeper of the two lobes with an average depth of 200 feet.
—Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
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Hens with white feathers and white ear lobes lay white eggs.
—Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2018
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Sideburns should not be more than one-half inch below the bottom of the ear lobe.
—Samantha Brodsky, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2017
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When worn on the same lobe, the unexpected curves stick out even more.
—Indya Brown, The Cut, 27 Sep. 2017
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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
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The Waukesha native's cancer was in all four lobes of her lungs.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2023
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When in doubt, opt for something simple, like a thin silver hoop that hugs the lobe.
—Todd Plummer, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
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The gauges in his ears have been confiscated and the lobes droop along with his spirits.
—David Debolt, The Mercury News, 17 June 2017
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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
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Glinting from Gurung’s right lobe was a creamy nacre sphere.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2019
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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
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Thompson went on to do a vertical stack of two studs on my right lobe.
—Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 12 July 2022
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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
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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
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For the lobe skin to return to at least 80 percent of its original strength.
—Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
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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
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Taylor was hit in the esophagus and right upper lobe of his lung.
—Cathy Locke, sacbee, 26 Jan. 2018
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Tom Foxx has a malignant neoplasm of the lower lobe in his lung.
—Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 13 Dec. 2017
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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
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The hoops on the lobe were much larger, nearly skimming her shoulders.
—Gabi Thorne, Allure, 28 Aug. 2022
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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
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Slice straight down, from top to bottom, to remove one big pineapple lobe.
—Meredith Stettner, Bon Appétit, 25 Apr. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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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