excrement
Example Sentences
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It spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including sweat, saliva, blood, semen, excrement, urine and vomit.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The smell is "like excrement," said 68-year-old Patricio Velasquez, who shuts himself inside every summer due to the odor emanating from the dump.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Researchers speculate they likely got infected during an activity in which they were exposed to a rodent carrying the disease or its excrement.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
Humans can be infected with hantavirus by breathing in airborne excrement from some types of rats and mice.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Kaz put his sleeve up to his mouth as the stink from the closed-up room reached him—urine, excrement.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
Vocabulary lists containing excrement
Cesar Chavez's Commonwealth Club Address (1984)
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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A Dance with Dragons
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