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How to use lotion in a sentence

21 example sentences · noun, verb

Lotion means a low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin. Example: “That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.”

Examples of lotion by meaning

verbTo cover or treat with a lotion.

  • Grace lotions her arms and legs and joins him in the large walk-in closet where they change out of their clothes and into their pajamas—loose-fitting cotton bottoms for Mike and a lace-trimmed baby doll nightie for Grace.2005, Ryan Phillips, Fall from Grace, page 52
  • I would finish my daily ranging session by lotioning his legs, and lotioning and rubbing his feet.2011, Jeanne Starr Gater, Bring Back Summertime, page 89

More sentences with lotion

  • That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.From the entry persuade
  • Apply aftersun lotion to avoid peeling and flaking caused by sun damage.From the entry aftersun
  • A rash like that screams for calamine lotion.From the entry scream for
  • A lotion can hydrate the skin.From the entry hydrate
  • For Secret Santa two years before, she had gifted him a bottle of calamine lotion.2022, Ling Ma, “Tomorrow”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN. From the entry calamine
  • Inside were items (body lotion, halvah, olive oil) produced in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.2016 January 26, Eyal Press, “When ‘Made In Israel’ Is a Human Rights Abuse”, in The New York Times. From the entry halva
  • The researchers could see they were struggling with wipe containers and lotions requiring two hands.2005 November 14, David Kiley, “Shoot the Focus Group”, in BusinessWeek, number 3959, McGraw-Hill Companies, page 121. From the entry diaper table
  • The candler also offers his knowledge of various frictives and lotions that enhance and facilitate successful fornication.2000, Robert Brunner, Letters from Martin: Summer, 1252 A.D. From the entry frictive
  • Chattem, too, has added a new SKU to its Bullfrog Sport lotion.1998, Spa Management. From the entry stock-keeping unit
  • Undermakeups come in cream form, sponge-on wands, or sponge-on cream, and as a lotion.1989, Stan Place, Bobbi Ray Madry, The Art and Science of Professional Makeup, →ISBN, page 95. From the entry primer
  • You put suntan lotion in a bottle and call it Joe's Suntan Lotion and people won't buy it.2016 January 2, Gary Provost, Baffled in Boston, Crossroad Press. From the entry scoop up
  • A pin curl set with water or setting lotion will never amount to anything (here today, gone tomorrow).1962, Bobbi pin curl wave, “Which curl is most likely to succeed?”, in Life, page 20. From the entry pin curl
  • Water is used in many types of cosmetic and personal care products, such as lotions, bath and shower products, cleansing products, makeup and oralcare products.2020, Stephen Barton, Allan Eastham, Amanda Isom, Discovering Cosmetic Science, page 226. From the entry oralcare
  • Treatment with emollients and mild keratinolytics, such as urea cream and lactic acid lotion resulted in the soothing of the affected skin.2016, Pollozhani Nora et al., “Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis: clue for diagnosis”, in Global Dermatology, volume 4, number 1, →DOI, page 1. From the entry keratinolytic
  • Lubricated and fueled by Elf, the nationalized purveyor of French motion lotion, the RE30B is on the verge of becoming perhaps unbeatable.1983, Car and Driver, volume 28, page 106. From the entry motion lotion
  • Chlorophyl is showing up by the barrelful in beauty lotions, tooth pastes, soaps, chewing gum, mouthwashes, antihalitosis tablets, tobacco and dog food.1952 August, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 6, number 8, page 32. From the entry barrelful
  • The ornate four-poster bed is made up in lacy fabric, there are towels in the bathroom, along with full bottles of hand wash and body lotion.2011, Kate Harrison, “Grazia”, in The Secret Shopper Affair, London: Orion Books, →ISBN, page 132. From the entry hand wash
  • Sometimes when I'm bored to a frazzle, I sit at her feet and watch that dumb hillbilly program, rubbing lotion on her smooth legs and bunioned feet.2008, Karon Luddy, Spelldown: The Big-Time Dreams of a Small-Town Word Whiz, page 62. From the entry bunioned
  • We would tease him about the countless hours he would spend soaking in suntan lotion as he lay on the same exact spot along the pool.2007, André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Picador, 2008…. From the entry aprication

Meaning of lotion

  1. noun A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
  2. noun A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification.
  3. verb To cover or treat with a lotion.

Full definition of lotion

Questions about lotion in a sentence

How do you use lotion in a sentence?
Lotion is used as a noun and verb. For example: “That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.”
What is a short sentence with lotion?
“A lotion can hydrate the skin.”
What does lotion mean?
Lotion means a low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.

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