mucus

Example Sentences

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"The solution can dilute the blocked nose, stimulate turnover of mucus and relieve inflammation."

From BBC

Neither can normal people imagine crying as convincingly as Murdaugh did — soaking countless tissues as mucus dripped from his nose — if they had pulled the triggers.

From Washington Post

But after spending some time outside, he noticed black mucus coming out of his nose, so he did not want to drink the municipal water.

From New York Times

Vertex’s drugs addressed the underlying cause of the illness, preventing patients’ lungs from clogging in sludgy mucus.

From New York Times

Tests for COVID-19 detect the virus in the cells that line the inside of your nose, not in your mucus, so you don’t want your snot getting in the way of the sample.

From Seattle Times