sperm

Example Sentences

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Like Herman Melville’s Pequod, the Mentor sought the sperm whale and its barrels of valuable oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

While many experts agree that sperm counts are likely lower than they were decades ago, it is less clear how much influence a declining sperm count has on the country’s falling birth rate.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

But a more recent study, “Sperm concentration remains stable among fertile American men” published in January, found no clinically significant decline in sperm concentration among American men between 1970 and 2018.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Second, the attorney general asserted that Article 1, Section 2 of the Florida Constitution bars biological parents—like egg and sperm donors—from transferring their parental rights to another party.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

These variant qualities were hereditary—carried as discrete instructions in sperm and eggs.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee