On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Sterile. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as unfertile or antiseptic and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Sterile meaning
- Unable to reproduce (or procreate).
- Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking.
- Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.
Synonyms of Sterile
Using Sterile
- The main meaning on this page is: Unable to reproduce (or procreate). | Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking. | Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.
- Useful related words include: unfertile, antiseptic, aseptic, fertile.
- In the example corpus, sterile often appears in combinations such as: and sterile, sterile and, of sterile.
Context around Sterile
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sterile
- In this selection, "sterile" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hands, water, date, environment, zone and almost stand out and add context to how "sterile" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a new sterile compounding business and a small sterile laboratory and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sterile" sits close to words such as affectionately, amends and animosity, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sterile
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 2020, the partners custom-built a small sterile laboratory and growing room. (13 words)
The Biden administration’s policy toward North Korea has been sterile from the outset. (14 words)
And as if that wasn't enough, Hikma also launched a new sterile compounding business. (15 words)
Liquid smoke is often used by gardeners to assist in the germination of these species. citation Sterile seeds Seeds may be sterile for few reasons: they may have been irradiated, unpollinated, cells lived past expectancy, or bred for the purpose. (40 words)
Now, Native Americans whose ancestors' remains ended up held for study in sterile, nondescript boxes on shelves in educational facilities or displayed in cultural locales hope a new law will speed their recovery for proper reburial in their homeland. (39 words)
Hopefully such formal recognition will be read as the commencement of an era of spiritual accommodation, a lesson in humility, not a trigger for sterile contestation and renewed demonization of others among overlapping theocratic realms. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The goal of these interventions is not to make hands sterile (one can’t) and to make water sterile (almost none is), but instead to control problem pathogens.
Year to date, sterile and non-sterile revenues from the company’s wholly owned drug outsourcing facility, US Compounding (USC), were adversely affected by slowing demand due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Administration of a drug product intended to be sterile that is not sterile could result in serious infections that may be life-threatening.
Liquid smoke is often used by gardeners to assist in the germination of these species. citation Sterile seeds Seeds may be sterile for few reasons: they may have been irradiated, unpollinated, cells lived past expectancy, or bred for the purpose.
Sterile insect technique is a genetic control method whereby large numbers of sterile male mosquitoes are reared and released.
And as if that wasn't enough, Hikma also launched a new sterile compounding business.
Depending on the time of year, and the weather, you should have a sterile planting area in three to four weeks.
For some people undergoing cancer treatments, the Daffodil Place Lodge in St. John’s is a far cry from the sterile environment of a hospital.
Hopefully such formal recognition will be read as the commencement of an era of spiritual accommodation, a lesson in humility, not a trigger for sterile contestation and renewed demonization of others among overlapping theocratic realms.
I don’t want a sterile environment to work in – I want it to feel cosy and a bit quirky, really.
In 2020, the partners custom-built a small sterile laboratory and growing room.
In addition, “a sterile zone” several kilometers wide would be established in Egypt south of the border with Israel to prevent Palestinians from returning.
Inside the labs, drug producing paraphernalia and several tables with mountains of blue powder sat in dimly lit and meticulously sterile rooms.
Instead of adapting to a sterile, unfamiliar hospital environment or being forced to make do with an assisted living facility, they get to traverse between rooms they already know and love.
Now, Native Americans whose ancestors' remains ended up held for study in sterile, nondescript boxes on shelves in educational facilities or displayed in cultural locales hope a new law will speed their recovery for proper reburial in their homeland.
The advantage of having access-control measures, sterile zone and anti-sabotage checks was missing in road shows, the sources quoting the advisory said.
The Biden administration’s policy toward North Korea has been sterile from the outset.
There have been more than a few games that have promised sprawling worlds, only to end up being sterile and uninteresting.
These areas include hospital administration, environmental services, patient experience, central sterile services, purchasing and materials, and integrative medicine.
The Sharks were sterile and lacked vitality in stark contrast to the hosts who were incisive and in the end decisive after losing their way in the middle third of the game.
Common combinations with sterile
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and sterile 11×
- sterile and 10×
- of sterile 10×
- the sterile 10×
- be sterile 8×
- in sterile 6×
- are sterile 6×
- sterile environment 4×
- sterile or 4×
- sterile active 4×