tuft

Example Sentences

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In a separate study in Cell Reports, the team mapped the crystal structure of another group of proteins that is essential in tuft cell lung cancer.

From Science Daily

And after the rains, some have already begun to leaf — welcome tufts of green to the charred landscape.

From Los Angeles Times

"He forgot the eyes at first, so we got him a carrot, put the nose on and he put some eyes on and gave it a little hair tuft," she explained.

From BBC

In it is a tuft of Mason's hair and she then shows everyone his handprints, made following his death.

From BBC

Then there are the changes that feel closer to a Cronenbergian freakout: curiously dense new tufts of back hair, slightly sharper teeth, a body count of dead critters each morning on the doorstep.

From Los Angeles Times