How to Use pollen in a Sentence

pollen

noun
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  • Clear Things Up With the spring comes the spawn, along with the pollen.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Mud, sand, and pollen are no match for these Dyson faves.
    — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 2 July 2024
  • Keep your windows and doors closed to reduce the amount of pollen that can get in.
    — Maria Masters, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • It’s finished with beeswax cream and sprinkles of bee pollen on the top.
    — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The Blue Pure Max unit clears the air of odor and pollen quickly — and does it quietly.
    — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Still, there were no reliable traces of the flowers from which the pollen came.
    — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Mites, thrips, aphids and some pollen and plant juices round out their diet.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
  • The air around us contains water droplets, dust, pollen, and ash.
    — Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Use a dry cloth or soft brush to gently wipe away any loose pollen or dust.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Jonathan Gitlin The rain is about 50 percent pollen by volume in May.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
  • The Christmas cactus has less spikey pads with rounder edges, and its pollen is pink.
    — Emma Phelps, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Spring is a time of rebirth, of resurgence, of flowers in bloom and pollen and sneezes.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
  • This one can take on all the unwanted houseguests, from pollen and smoke to germs.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The pollen might be deposited but becomes too dry to stick to the surface.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 26 June 2024
  • These powerful vibrations eject pollen from the anther pores in the form of a cloud that strikes the bee.
    — Stephen Buchmann, The Conversation, 17 May 2023
  • Tree pollen is still high at 182 grains per cubic meter of air.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The art consisted of four blue flowers with gold pollen.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
  • Some of the particles are big enough to see—the dust in your living room, for example, or the pollen on your car.
    — Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
  • The black mailbox at the entrance to the kennels was covered in pollen and spiderwebs.
    — Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Even the pollen that might get on your cat’s fur and be licked off when the animal cleans itself is toxic.
    — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2024
  • This exposes the anthers, which contain the plant’s pollen.
    — Serina Desalvio, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The male flowers bloom before the female ones so the bees get used to coming to the pollen source before the female flowers open.
    — oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
  • More than 24 million people in the U.S. have allergies from pollen, but is this year worse?
    — CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
  • It's named after the manuka bush where bees gather nectar and pollen.
    — Anthea Levi, Health, 20 Nov. 2023
  • This includes pollen that might get on your cat's fur and then be licked off when the animal cleans itself.
    — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Pollen update: Tree pollen was high at 377.3 grains per cubic meter of air.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • Even a few grains of pollen or drinking water from a vase that contains lilies can be fatal for your cat.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 22 Apr. 2023
  • And lots o’ people are allergic to ragweed and grass pollen.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Keeping your floors free of pet hair, dirt, pollen, crumbs and more can feel like a never-ending battle.
    — Samantha Jones, House Beautiful, 14 June 2023
  • The honey is 100% pollen produced and is available to purchase on food delivery apps — with or without the complement of a delicious meal.
    — Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 21 June 2024

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