sensitized

Example Sentences

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“Throughout California, throughout the West, throughout communities that have had wildfire experience, we are particularly primed and sensitized to that news,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025

The authors of these books regarded the fact that other people had become sensitized in their language use as at best a personal affront and at worst a conspiracy.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2025

The researchers conclude that once mast cells are sensitized, diverse xenobiotics that never bothered the person previously and do not bother most people trigger multisystem symptoms that wax and wane over time.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2024

A positive result signals the presence of IgE antibody, which "means you've become sensitized to the substance," he said, "but it doesn't mean you will manifest any allergic symptoms."

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2023

I was pushed back in my couch with an acceleration of one half G, but it felt more like 3 Gs to my sensitized body.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins