How do you use Pili in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Pili in a sentence
Related words
Pili meaning
plural of pilus
Using Pili
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of pilus
- In the example corpus, pili often appears in combinations such as: arrector pili, alissa pili, pili muscles.
Context around Pili
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pili
- In this selection, "pili" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, arrector, alissa, swahili, muscles, nuts and spanish stand out and add context to how "pili" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alissa pili is urged and as certain pili associated adhesins. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pili" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pili
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They are sometimes called "attachment pili". (6 words)
Fingers do not contain muscles (other than arrector pili ). (9 words)
They are capable of conjugation and result in the expression of sex pili. (13 words)
Every main contributor on this team — with the exception of USC transfer Alissa Pili, the Pac-12 Player of the Year — was there last year when Utah mowed down Cal, Washington State and Oregon before falling 73-48 to Stanford in the championship game. (44 words)
Pili made the play of the game with 28 seconds remaining, as she was fouled and converted the and-one lay-up and free throw, ending the game at 70-68 in favor of the Trojans. (36 words)
In humans, the skin hairs lie flat in hot conditions, as the arrector pili muscles relax, preventing heat from being trapped by a layer of still air between the hairs, and increasing heat loss by convection. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
In the Philippines, mazapán de pili (Spanish for "pili marzipan") is made from pili nuts.
Alissa Pili is urged by former Vikings player and fellow Samoan Esera Tuaolo to join him in a traditional Samoan dance during the welcome event for Pili at Target Center on Monday.
In Swahili, pili pili apparently means pepper-pepper – prompting the witticism “the chilli so hot they named it twice” – and it lives up to that reputation.
Every main contributor on this team — with the exception of USC transfer Alissa Pili, the Pac-12 Player of the Year — was there last year when Utah mowed down Cal, Washington State and Oregon before falling 73-48 to Stanford in the championship game.
Pili transferred to Utah prior to last season and it has turned out to be a match made in heaven.
That same scenario, a defender fronting Johnson and Pili lobbing a pass over the top for a layup, played out two more times in the opening quarter, with both including continuations.
To date, the Cougars haven’t landed any linebackers out of the portal, which is a bit puzzling considering Pili, Payton Wilgar, Tate Romney and Pepe Tanuvasa are gone.
Who else hit 3-pointers: Alissa Pili, Inês Vieira, Lani White, Dasia Young and Alyssa Blanck all made one 3-pointer each.
The Bicol region produces rice, corn, vegetables, pili nuts, pineapple, cacao, coconut, livestock and poultry.
The most frustrating penalty of the night was Keenan Pili’s personal foul in the third quarter.
Pili made the play of the game with 28 seconds remaining, as she was fouled and converted the and-one lay-up and free throw, ending the game at 70-68 in favor of the Trojans.
Fimbriae, or pili are formed of a protein called pilin ( antigenic ) and are responsible for attachment of bacteria to specific receptors of human cell ( cell adhesion ).
Fingers do not contain muscles (other than arrector pili ).
In humans, the skin hairs lie flat in hot conditions, as the arrector pili muscles relax, preventing heat from being trapped by a layer of still air between the hairs, and increasing heat loss by convection.
The ability of A. baumannii to form biofilms has been shown to be related to certain outer membrane surface-associated proteins like OmpA and BAP as well as certain pili-associated adhesins.
The name "T'pili" or "T'pilisi" (literally, "warm location") was therefore given to the city because of the area's numerous sulphuric hot springs that came out of the ground.
The skin along the middle of the dorsal side is folded in, and covered with convert white hair erected by arrector pili muscles (located between hair follicles ).
They are capable of conjugation and result in the expression of sex pili.
They are sometimes called "attachment pili".
When the body is too cold, the arrector pili muscles found attached to hair follicles stand up, causing the hair in these follicles to do the same.
Common combinations with pili
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: