How to Use inject in a Sentence

inject

verb
  • We need to inject some life into this party.
  • She told a few jokes to inject a little humor into her speech.
  • Buy young blood for the plasma and inject it to slow the aging process.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 28 July 2022
  • One of the best ways to inject color into the kitchen is to paint the island base.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022
  • That is the kind of player that will help to inject a ton of new life into New York.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • But the drug must be injected twice a day instead of once.
    — Katie Thomas, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Cocaine users in Glasgow, the largest city, tend to inject it.
    — James Hookway, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2021
  • These will serve as her guidelines for where to inject.
    — Tori Crowther, Allure, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The final scene in the movie shows the doctor injecting the man's blood into a rat.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 19 July 2023
  • The medicine used for this type of block is injected into the pudendal nerve, a large nerve found in the pelvis.
    — Kristi Pahr, Parents, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The Bruins could inject some speed here with Studnicka, a right shot.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Black appears on the doors, trim, and picture frames to inject a modern edge to the soft palette.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2022
  • There’s a lot of us who work here who don’t want to inject this stuff into our bloodstreams.
    — Lynne Curry, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Once numb, a small needle is used to create an entry point for the doctor to inject the filler.
    — Sarah Kinonen, Allure, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Alex wants to inject some summer fun into the mix and goes head-to-head with Cole over his program.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Drug users might take a smaller amount of the drug, inject a tester shot or snort the drug instead of using a syringe.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The original, by Nine Inch Nails, lacks the deep emotion and pain injected by Cash.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • It can be injected under the skin of the abdomen, thigh, or upper arm.
    — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2023
  • One way to help achieve that lies in preventing the spread of the virus among those who inject drugs, the focus of a mobile van program.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Rodgers knows one way to inject urgency would be to break the pocket and extend plays.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Scented laundry beads are a sure way to inject a fresh and clean scent into a load of laundry.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2025
  • When injected into mice and hamsters, the virus was shown to cause brain damage and death.
    — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Staff and players believe the sequel will inject new life into the five-year old game.
    — Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2021
  • He is considered one of the leaders in the country in trying to inject new blood into the sport.
    — New York Times, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Through this method, researchers would inject the sperm into a mature egg.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The severity of a rattlesnake bite can vary depending on the size of the snake, the amount of venom injected and the location of the bite.
    — The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The makers of such cheeses all do more or less the same thing—inject living mold into bland cheese to enhance the flavor.
    — Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2021
  • The edited cells are then injected back into the patient.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
  • But even the idea of injecting life as a kind of experiment raises all kinds of questions, both ethical and practical.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2025
  • The Trump administration’s ever-changing policies on tariffs and trade have injected chaos into the global energy economy.
    — Dan Gearino, Wired News, 31 May 2025

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