Example Sentences

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"These associations may help explain why some organic molecules remain protected in soils while others are more vulnerable to being broken down and respired by microbes."

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

As oxygen from the environment combines with the sugars in patats, it gets respired from the roots as carbon dioxide and water.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2021

As animal heat depends upon respired oxygen, it will vary according to the respiratory apparatus of the animal.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

The quality of respired air influences the generation of animal heat.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin

The respired air, as it passes through this fluid, causes the moist r�les above described.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various