excrement
Example Sentences
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Researchers speculate they likely got infected during an activity in which they were exposed to a rodent carrying the disease or its excrement.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
Humans can be infected with hantavirus by breathing in airborne excrement from some types of rats and mice.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
The process took over 45 minutes, said the unnamed eyewitness, who told NT News that there were "literal nappies", excrement and urine in the hole.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
The shelter in the town hall car park has excrement smeared on the floor and reeks of urine.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
The smell of the fried pork mixed with that of urine and excrement was almost unbearable.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
Vocabulary lists containing excrement
Cesar Chavez's Commonwealth Club Address (1984)
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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A Dance with Dragons
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