test-tube

Example Sentences

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He put the snot-filled rag into a test tube and sealed the cap.

From Science Magazine

Farmers take a soil sample, and add it to a test tube with a special solution, which is then transferred to paper.

From BBC

"Always Ultra is much better at holding wetness inside," purrs a woman in a television ad from the eighties, as test tubes pour blue liquid on pads.

From Salon

As Jeremy Flores writes on Twitter, "you can almost see the baby Einsteins in test tubes — complete with mustaches and unkempt gray hair"!

From Salon

Data show the vaccine is safe in humans and effective in animals and in test tubes.

From Los Angeles Times