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How to use biology in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Biology means the study of all life or living matter. Example: “Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.”

Examples of biology by meaning

nounThe study of all life or living matter.

  • Near-synonyms: life science, life sciences; see also Thesaurus:biology
  • As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation.2012 January, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 03...

nounThe structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.

  • the biology of the whale

nounA biographical history.

  • That a Town has a biology of its own has been, since Freeman and Green, a familiar idea to us.1912, J. H. Rose, C[harles] H[arold] Herford, E[dward] C[arter] K[earsey] Gonner, M[ichael] E[rnest] Sadler, Germany in the Nineteenth...

More sentences with biology

  • Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.From the entry trap
  • The biology teacher passed a large plastic model of the atomic structure of DNA around the classroom.From the entry model
  • The university's biology department subscribes to half a dozen academic journals.From the entry journal
  • Cellulose, starches, and complex carbohydrates, such as glycogen, are common polysaccharides in biology.From the entry polysaccharide
  • In first period, we're going over the basics of cell biology.From the entry go over
  • This journal is interdisciplinary: it has articles on everything from biology to electrical engineering.From the entry interdisciplinary
  • Biology and chemistry are good subjects for premedical or predental coursework.From the entry predental
  • Treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases has improved as human understanding of molecular biology has advanced.From the entry inflammatory bowel disease
  • We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework.From the entry attack
  • I need to study my biology notes.From the entry study
  • My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.From the entry cheat
  • He is a master of marine biology.From the entry master
  • Entomology is an important field of study within biology.From the entry entomology
  • That biology class was a gong show.From the entry gong show
  • I'm working on a double major in biology and education so I can teach middle school science classes after I graduate.From the entry double major
  • My name is John, and I'm a biology major. Fun fact: though I grew up here, I was originally born in Brazil.From the entry fun fact
  • Do you remember learning about cell diagrams in high school biology?2025 February 1, Jeanna Bryner, “In this issue: From the editor: Blobs and Green Monsters”, in Scientific American, page 4. From the entry condensate
  • We now have "nonbinary tree sprites" and kids changing their biology for social media likes.2025, Conrad Riker, Subverted: How Marxist Ideology and the Left Hijacked the West. From the entry catgender
  • Kúnlé had failed biology and chemistry, key requirements for admission into any medical school in the country.2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 132. From the entry write
  • We have become hopelessly entangled in our ability to express ourselves clearly over fundamental matters of biology.2022 June 1, Harvey Fewings, “Generational Change: Fundamental to the Human Story”, in The LOCAL News, number 7, page 8, columns 3–4. From the entry Generation Zedder
  • Biology has a strong effect on whether people identify as female, male, or transgender.2018, Michael S. Gazzaniga, “Human Development”, in Psychological Science, 6th edition, New York, N.Y: W[illiam] W[arder] Norton &…. From the entry transgender
  • Biology is not destiny after all, and there's cause for celebration.2016, Ian McEwan, chapter 15, in Nutshell […], Toronto, Ont.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf Canada, →ISBN, page 144. From the entry neutrois
  • The enormous value that patriarchal cultures and religions place on female virginity has roots in biology.2015 December 25, Valerie Tarico, “Is Jesus' birth worth celebrating? The dark subtext of the nativity scene”, in Salon. From the entry mama's baby, papa's maybe
  • Neo-racism is grounded not in biology but in anthropology and ideology.2014, Vamik Volkan, Blind Trust, →ISBN. From the entry neo-racism
  • Synthetic biology, or synbio, has leapt into scientific, commercial, and social discourse with amazing speed.2009, Mark Bünger, (Please provide the book title or journal name). From the entry synbio
  • Taking orgo and biology at the same time is really gonna blow.2008, Kate Brian, Last Christmas: The Private Prequel, →ISBN, page 222. From the entry orgo
  • We all learned about homeobox genes (and others) in our developmentary biology and molecular genetics classes.2007 July 3, “Letters”, in New York Times. From the entry developmentary
  • We are seeking a Biogeoscientist to teach introductory, intermediate, and advanced biology and environmental studies courses.2003, Black Issues in Higher Education, Volume 20, Issues 8-14. From the entry biogeoscientist
  • Not many dared to speak out openly against the dialecticalization of biology (14, p. 81).1997, На переломе: советская биология в 20-30-х годах, page 272. From the entry dialecticalization
  • Planarians (freshwater triclads) are turbellarian flatworms widely used in experimental biology.1991, E. A. Kabotyanski, L. P. Nezlin, D. A. Sakharov, “8: Serotonin neurones in the planarian pharynx”, in D. A. Sakharov, W. Winlow…. From the entry triclad
  • Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology.1986 March 23, Harold Bloom, “Freud, the Greatest Modern Writer”, in New York Times. From the entry agon
  • It deals with the borderland between biology and the study of the Earth.1977, “Science and Learning”, in Poland: A Handbook, Warsaw, Poland: Interpress Publishers, →OCLC, page 369. From the entry sozology
  • Biology has lately given rise to a new discipline: exobiology, the study of extraterrestrial life.1973, Lyall Watson, Supernature, page ix. 310. From the entry exobiology
  • Biology is orthodoxly the part of science that deals directly with the phenomena of living matter.1925, Scudder Klyce, Sins of Science, XXV.1. From the entry orthodoxly
  • We have studied zoology, and biology, and everything under the sun but manology.1916 April, “Man-ology”, in Judicious Advertising, volume 14, number 4, page 39. From the entry manology
  • Here, we use a chemical biology tactic termed bump-and-hole (BH) engineering to probe the substrates of human xylosyltransferases in living cells.2026, Li, Z., Chawla, H., Di Vagno, L. et al., “Xylosyltransferase engineering to manipulate proteoglycans in mammalian cells”, in Nat…. From the entry xylosyltransferase

Meaning of biology

  1. noun The study of all life or living matter.
  2. noun The living organisms of a particular region.
  3. noun The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.

Full definition of biology

Questions about biology in a sentence

How do you use biology in a sentence?
Biology is used as a noun. For example: “Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.”
What is a short sentence with biology?
“the biology of the whale”
What does biology mean?
Biology means the study of all life or living matter.

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