How to Use metastasize in a Sentence

metastasize

verb
Definition of metastasizenext
  • The cause was lung cancer that metastasized to the brain, said his son, Michael Austin.
    — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • But in May 2017, she was told the cancer had metastasized and spread to her bones.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The hope is that it can be contained and doesn’t metastasize from there.
    — Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The cancer, already at Stage 4, had metastasized to her sacrum, a bone at the base of her spine.
    — Marie Milano, Country Living, 16 Feb. 2019
  • The cancer had already metastasized and had spread to her spine and pelvis.
    — Chad Estes, idahostatesman, 22 Oct. 2016
  • Her husband, Jim Freed, told the Post that the cancer metastasized to her brain.
    — Annabel Gutterman, Time, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The main clue to what lets melanoma cells metastasize was that those that do chow down on lactate in the bloodstream.
    — Sharon Begley, STAT, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Cysts can metastasize to other regions of the body as well.
    — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2012
  • The cancer had also metastasized to a lymph node in her armpit and her sternum.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
  • All the men had cancers that had not metastasized, or spread to other parts of their bodies.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 11 Mar. 2023
  • If the sarcoma has already metastasized — spread to other parts of the body — the chance of cure drops to less than 30 percent.
    — Matteo Trucco, M.d., miamiherald, 29 May 2017
  • The cancer has since metastasized to her lungs, GMA reports.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Stage 4 means the cancer has metastasized and spread through the body and are often incurable.
    — Michelle Cortez, Bloomberg.com, 17 May 2017
  • Since then, the cancer has returned twice and metastasized.
    — New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Further scans showed her cancer had returned and metastasized to the bone.
    — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The problems metastasized because the staff lacked the foot soldiers in the locker room to keep everyone on board.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The back pain that initially caused her to postpone the first half of her concert tour, has turned out to be breast cancer that has metastasized to the sacrum.
    — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 30 May 2017
  • Melt ponds grew and metastasized across their surfaces.
    — National Geographic, 15 Nov. 2016
  • ACC most commonly metastasizes to the lungs, far less often in the liver.
    — Tim Layden, SI.com, 11 July 2017
  • The cause was colon cancer that had metastasized to his liver, according to his wife, Pinkey Reid.
    — Tim Page, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The earliest is Stage 1A, a small tumor that has not metastasized.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • While Nixon busily wished it away, the scandal metastasized.
    — Ash Carter, Town & Country, 26 Dec. 2012
  • Peggy had the tumor removed through surgery, but the cancer had metastasized to her lungs and liver.
    — Jenny Vrentas, SI.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • My doctor recently gave me the news that the cancer I was treated for last year has returned and metastasized.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • In the fall of 2020, Robert Sachs was prescribed a medication to treat prostate cancer that had metastasized into some of his bones.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 22 Jan. 2024
  • In Vermont, though, state officials didn’t wait for the crisis to metastasize.
    — Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 27 May 2020
  • The other is that, when faced with the above, a sense of humor thus metastasizes into active rebellion.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2018
  • Four walnut-sized tumors had metastasized to her brain.
    — Tom Hallman Jr., OregonLive.com, 12 May 2018
  • And, in Lucas’ book, how a slew of common mid-century American traumas can compound and metastasize, crushing the next generation and maybe explaining some of the many crises in which America now seems to find itself.
    — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Like Rowling, Seinfeld’s doubling down on his anti-woke opinions has metastasized into other revanchist takes, like the desire to return to an outmoded, Mad Men-era masculinity.
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 14 June 2024

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