How to Use sperm in a Sentence

sperm

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  • The sperm fertilizes the egg.
  • That was a very long run of jokes about Elon Musk’s sperm.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Now add a new crisis to the list: a shortage of crab sperm.
    — Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 1 July 2022
  • But these embryos weren’t the product of an egg and a sperm.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Aug. 2022
  • This is shirako, the sperm sacs of cod, soft and milky as oysters.
    — Ligaya Mishan Esther Choi, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • Valdez’s sperm was found in the woman’s home, according to the suit.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • There’s even a lounging form written in the meat of the fruit that might be a sperm or a vulva.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • This keeps the sperm from reaching and fertilizing the egg.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 13 July 2023
  • On the other hand, sperm can live for up to five days under the right conditions.
    — Holly Eagleson, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The fluid usually does not have sperm in it, but that’s not always the case.
    — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 23 Feb. 2023
  • One of them, mixed with her husband’s sperm, formed a healthy embryo that was transferred to her body.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
  • But the process of ensuring the sperm is washed out can take up to three months for some patients, Werthman said.
    — Meena Venkataramanan, Washington Post, 1 July 2022
  • Damir offers to donate his sperm – but won’t be involved as a dad.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 July 2022
  • These models are made from stem cells, not egg and sperm, and can’t grow into babies.
    — Laura Ungar, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • The eggs are then retrieved with a small needle and fertilized with sperm in a lab to form embryos.
    — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Are all members covered to obtain donor sperm or egg adoption and IVF in the case of a donor issue?
    — Jeni Mayorskaya, Quartz, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Out of the 14 eggs retrieved, only 11 of them matured enough to be fertilized with sperm.
    — Paige Stables, Allure, 16 Nov. 2023
  • It has also been proven to increase sperm count and sperm quality [4].
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Those were mixed with my husband’s sperm to create embryos and sent to testing.
    — Paige Stables, Allure, 16 Nov. 2023
  • It could also be used to make eggs or sperm from a person’s skin cells without their consent.
    — Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • But because these new models are formed from human stem cells, not eggs and sperm, that law does not apply to them.
    — Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 17 June 2023
  • The slipperiness of this discharge gives sperm a boost toward reaching the cervix.
    — Mara Santilli, SELF, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Your cervical mucus will dry up, which makes the vaginal tract less friendly to sperm.
    — Holly Eagleson, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Evidence like sperm and a blood stain on top of a cinderblock wall near where Stitt's body was found were collected.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Without an egg, there is nothing for a sperm to fertilize.
    — Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The dozens of parents who chose vials of his sperm were drawn in by his interest in yoga, his background in acting, his height and his blue eyes.
    — Janet Manley, Washington Post, 12 July 2022
  • Then, Chad's sperm was inserted into her uterus to fertilize the egg.
    — Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2022
  • The sperm is actually not even stored in the testicles themselves.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 13 June 2023
  • The wavy undulations of a sperm’s tail—or flagella—make striped patterns in space-time.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Styles ate cod sperm to avoid answering the questions, but the pair seemed comfortable around each other.
    — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023

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