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How to use excrement in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Excrement means human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces. Example: “The Roman poet Horace states that the excrement of the crocodile has aphrodisiac virtues.”

Examples of excrement by meaning

nounHuman and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.

  • The Roman poet Horace states that the excrement of the crocodile has aphrodisiac virtues.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 71

nounAny waste matter excreted from the human or non-human animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.

  • He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.97

More sentences with excrement

  • This association favours the hatterias which feed on the numerous insects attracted by the birds' excrement.1975, Pierre Paul Grassé, Larousse Encyclopedia of the Animal World, page 407. From the entry hatteria
  • A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 158. From the entry mouse
  • In primitive, diaperless societies, infants' excrement simply fell to the floor of the cave or jungle or desert.2005, Ed Schoen, On circumcision. From the entry diaperless
  • Thus the kidneys also have their particular excrement which is contained in it and is the hypostasis (deposit).1999, Paracelsus, “Opus Paramirum”, in Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, transl., Essential Readings, North Atlantic Books, page 92. From the entry hypostasis
  • The flow of nitrogen from night-soil in rural China is valuable, whereas human excrement in an urban center is a pollution problem.2006, Mario Giampietro et al., “Can Biofuels replace Fossil Energy Fuels?”, in International Journal of Transdisciplinary Research, volume…. From the entry night soil
  • Truly, chemistry can only cope with the excrements of living matter: after all, dead matter itself is only an excretum of life.2005, Otto Weininger, translated by Ladislaus Löb, “Judaism”, in Daniel Steuer, Laura Marcus, editors, Sex and Character: An Investigation…. From the entry excretum
  • The mixture consists of powder of the milk hedge plant and kantaka plant, together with monkey excrement and the powdered root of the lanjalika plant.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 132. From the entry milk hedge
  • It set up some 30 workshops to make artificial cotton, pulp from mulberry tree bark and active carbon from silkworm excrement, etc.1959 August 11, Ho Shan, “More Silkworms, More Silk”, in Peking Review, number 32, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026, page 14…. From the entry Tehching
  • Human excreta are made up mostly of urine and excrement that include diverse complex molecules derived from foods and bodily processes – carbohydrates, sugars, fats, etc.2009, Ronald J. LeBlanc, Peter Matthews, Roland P. Richard, Global Atlas of Excreta, Wastewater Sludge, and Biosolids Management, page 24. From the entry excreta
  • The colonization of the different types of materials by lichens was induced, to a great extent, by the input of bird excrements, giving rise to a characteristic ornithocoprophilous flora.1991, J. Garcia-Rowe, C. Saiz-Jimenez, “Lichens and bryophytes as agents of deterioration of building materials in Spanish cathedrals…. From the entry ornithocoprophilous

Meaning of excrement

  1. noun Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
  2. noun Any waste matter excreted from the human or non-human animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
  3. noun Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails, etc.

Full definition of excrement

Questions about excrement in a sentence

How do you use excrement in a sentence?
Excrement is used as a noun. For example: “The Roman poet Horace states that the excrement of the crocodile has aphrodisiac virtues.”
What is a short sentence with excrement?
“The Roman poet Horace states that the excrement of the crocodile has aphrodisiac virtues.”
What does excrement mean?
Excrement means human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.

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