sperm
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Scientists are investigating whether sperm conjugation or SAM could be disrupted to interfere with reproduction in harmful species.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
A single sperm cell must travel through a difficult and highly complex female reproductive tract.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
By moving or functioning in groups, sperm may gain advantages in mobility, organization or overall performance.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Scientists may need to look beyond the abilities of individual sperm and pay greater attention to how group behavior affects reproductive outcomes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
They travel down from egg to newborn; a few come in with the sperm, but most are maternal passengers.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
![]()
They identified these sperms by measuring how much calcium they absorbed.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
Using the method, the team focused on sperms with defective capacitation, a process through which sperms become capable of fertilizing an egg.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
“If we want to go international and help women and couples in different parts of the world, we need non-Danish sperm, sperms of all colours,” says Schou.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 13, 2015
The history of endocrinology can be traced back to Dr.Brown-Séquard injecting himself with dog sperms to study its effect on his vitality and vigor.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2011
It is possible that in cruising after sperms they may go a little out of their way to take a finback or two.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale