cavities

Example Sentences

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After brain tumors are removed, a surgeon uses the tiles to line the walls of the empty cavities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Police used planes, drones and thermal scanners in the investigation, the latter used "to detect concealed spaces and hidden cavities," they said.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

But employees like Derek aren’t quite as generous with their diagnosis: “They are getting cavities in their brains.”

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

A previous report described bees drilling into human bones, but not simply occupying natural cavities like these.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The only sound was Rasseem’s low chuckle, which hissed through the cavities of his teeth and sounded to my ears like a snake whispering the dreaded name of Cid.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri