swab

Example Sentences

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Yet Jones didn’t instruct her to swab the plastic pill bag.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The test requires screening through saliva, a cheek swab or a blood sample.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Dana relays that if there’s a part of Ilana’s skin that glows, she’ll swab it with a wet, then dry, cotton swab.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Doctors typically swab a patient’s cervix in clinical settings to test for high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus, an infection that can cause cancer when left untreated, through Pap smears and HPV testing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

The swab low looked down at its wrinkled talons, narrowing its eyes.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill