foreign body

Example Sentences

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He felt like he had a foreign body inside of him.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

After being given antibiotics to combat the toxins, a "foreign body" was cut out of his toe and he is set to make a full recovery.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2023

"That foreign body, which is very stiff and causes stress on the external environment, activates these immune cells to aggregate to that area," Chen said.

From Science Daily • Sep. 25, 2023

The A.I. has seen this fruit but cannot know why it’s there — and so the version it creates is a rogue foreign body, a cancerous green lump that starts to subsume the juice entirely.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

But once started, the flesh continued to coat the foreign body until it fell free in some tidal flurry or until the oyster was destroyed.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck