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How to use effusion in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Effusion means a liquid outpouring. Example: “The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.”

Examples of effusion by meaning

nounAn outpouring of speech or emotion.

  • The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.1946, William Hatfield, Buffalo Jim, Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege, page 70

More sentences with effusion

  • The "supreme idea of the world," the "unbrooked effusion of the unconscious will," is violence .2013, Jeremiah L. Alberg, Beneath the Veil of the Strange Verses: Reading Scandalous Texts. From the entry unbrooked
  • The oesophagobronchial fistula, causing pleural effusions, was very small and could be caused by idiopathic oesophageal diverticulum.2013 September 10, Aryasuren Zuunai et al., “Acquired esophagobronchial fistula without Ono's sign and with unusual cause”, in BMJ Case…. From the entry oesophagobronchial
  • Were it not for the fact of my kingship, I would blush at your admirational effusions.2013 January 24, Ethard Wendel Van Stee, The Boy Who Would Be King: And Six More Plays, iUniverse, →ISBN. From the entry admirational
  • However there were only 8 (4.8%) cases of subdural effusion and none of ependymitis or brain abscess in good outcome patients.2015 October 29, “Clinical Prognosis in Neonatal Bacterial Meningitis: The Role of Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry ependymitis
  • Curve gradient proved consistently important in distinguishing effusion from noneffusion in only two of the zones: HN and TR.2006, Fred H. Bess, Judith S. Gravel, Foundations of Pediatric Audiology, page 172. From the entry noneffusion
  • The control groups generally comprised patients with malignancy, tuberculosis, parapneumonic effusion, pulmonary embolism, hepatic hydrothorax, postcardiac injury syndrome, collagen disease, and other conditions.2015 August 6, “Diagnostic Accuracy of Natriuretic Peptides for Heart Failure in Patients with Pleural Effusion: A Systematic Review and…. From the entry postcardiac
  • And besides, Picasso starts out with loneliness and an effusion of pity, while Poussin starts out fierce: (that stairful of people who are handover-handing St.1929 November 1, A[lpheus] Hyatt Mayor, “A. Hyatt Mayor to Lincoln Kirstein”, in Mitzi Berger Hamovitch, editor, The Hound & Horn Letters…. From the entry stairful
  • Pseudochylothorax (PCT) is a rare form of pleural effusion (PE), also called chyliform or cholesterol PE, and is characterized by its high cholesterol content and milky pleural fluid (PF).2016 August, Adriana Lama, Lucía Ferreiro, María E. Toubes, Antonio Golpe, Francisco Gude, José M. Álvarez-Dobaño, Francisco J.…. From the entry pseudochylothorax
  • Genomic DNA was isolated from paraffin-embedded tissues, which were obtained by transbronchial lung biopsy or from cytologic materials, such as bronchial lavage fluid and pleural effusions.2015 May 27, SongRan Liu et al., “Radiotherapy for asymptomatic brain metastasis in epidermal growth factor receptor mutant non-small cell…. From the entry transbronchial
  • Only vibrotactile responses could be obtained in 59 ears in the presence of effusion, while only 8 ears in an effusion-free condition were classified as anacusic.1997, Ted L. Tewfik, Vazken M. Der Kaloustian, Congenital Anomalies of the Ear, Nose, and Throat, page 99. From the entry anacusic

Meaning of effusion

  1. noun A liquid outpouring.
  2. noun Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
  3. noun An outpouring of speech or emotion.

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Questions about effusion in a sentence

How do you use effusion in a sentence?
Effusion is used as a noun. For example: “The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.”
What is a short sentence with effusion?
“The "supreme idea of the world," the "unbrooked effusion of the unconscious will," is violence .”
What does effusion mean?
Effusion means a liquid outpouring.

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