How to Use pheromone in a Sentence
pheromone
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And to make sure males get that message, females emit a pheromone that turns them off.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2016
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The more beetles that came, the stronger the pheromone’s pull, until a forest was destroyed.
—Daniel McGlynn, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2012
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Even better, more ants will follow pheromones back to the trap, speeding along the process.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2017
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During this process, have your friend purchase a feline pheromone plug-in for the home.
—Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 6 Dec. 2019
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What’s that porky-buttery-pecan-rich pheromone among the cabbage and salsa?
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
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Snakes will follow pheromone trails laid down by other snakes leading to the den.
—Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2020
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To address adult moths, which emerge in June and July, pheromone traps are available that lure in male moths.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2022
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The new bar across the street can try all those gimmicks, but Frank doesn’t need to pump in pheromones during brunch, lunch or dinner.
—Andy Staples, SI.com, 18 Dec. 2017
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Place pheromone traps in apple trees to detect presence of codling moth.
—oregonlive, 1 May 2022
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There are two types of scents that these traps use: a pheromone that attracts males and a floral scent that brings in males and females.
—Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023
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His body was relaxed, his face alert and scenting, the way an animal scents pheromones in the air with its open mouth.
—Mary Gaitskill, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
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The pheromones can be distributed through collars, scent diffusers, wipes, or sprays; just make sure to buy for the right species!
—Hannah Harper, Health.com, 15 Apr. 2020
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As a new queen begins to produce her own pheromones, the hive slowly aligns with her as the old bees die and new workers hatch.
—Ben Huberman, Longreads, 22 Sep. 2017
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Once the insects arrive, the males use pheromones to attract other males and females.
—Washington Post, 26 July 2019
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The rats had different reactions to each set of pheromones.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 18 Sep. 2019
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These are literal trails where ants lay down a pheromone on the path to a food source to attract other ants from their colony.
—Tamara Gane, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2021
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And are there more direct ways to control your personal brand of pheromone?
—Clay Skipper, GQ, 14 Aug. 2017
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The pheromones lured boll weevils into traps where they could be sprayed with pesticides.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
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There are a lot of debates about whether humans secrete pheromones the same way animals do.
—Adam Hurly, GQ, 12 Mar. 2018
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Set out an Indian meal moth pheromone trap, available at big box retailers, in your kitchen to trap the males.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 25 May 2021
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Knowing Giovanni's scent helps Gracie detect the shift in the child's pheromones that precedes a seizure.
—Linda Marx, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
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To pull off such a deceit, the beetle larvae need to coordinate to produce enough pheromones to lure in a bee.
—Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2018
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In the 1980s, a scientist at Monell named Charles Wysocki was studying androstenone, a pheromone found in the saliva of male pigs.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2021
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Once in the air, dogs are offered perks like a spa treatment and blankets covered with pheromones for extra comfort.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 May 2024
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Over time, the robots will learn how to groom the queen, in turn optimizing her egg laying and pheromone production.
—Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 8 Mar. 2023
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First, plug-in canine and feline pheromones where the pets will spend most of their time, initially, so that everyone has equal chance to feel at ease.
—Cathy M. Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 26 July 2019
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In the first trial, strong winds blew the females’ pheromones directly toward the males, enabling all of them to successfully locate the cage at the end of the course.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 2 Aug. 2019
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Two years later a pair of termite researchers came up with a name for such a social chemical—pheromone.
—Daniel McGlynn, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2012
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In another test, a slide held alarm pheromone—bees make this chemical when the colony is under attack.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2016
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Only about 10 percent of the human population can detect the pheromone by smell.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024
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