How to Use metabolize in a Sentence

metabolize

verb
  • Food is metabolized by the body.
  • Stress doesn’t spread from leaders who’ve built the habits to metabolize it.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • The toughest part of this show was the tone and not knowing how it would be metabolized.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
  • These foods take longer to break down and metabolize due to their complex starch structure.
    — Barbie Cervoni Ms, Rd, Cdces, Cdn, Verywell Health, 4 May 2023
  • The question is how to build people who can metabolize it.
    — Stephanie Dillon, Forbes.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • And, in the body, both are likely to get metabolized to psilocin, Moss said.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 July 2024
  • Plant roots need oxygen to metabolize and pay the oxygen back to us through their leaf function.
    — oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2022
  • That may have something to do with the way the pills are metabolized, Barnett said.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 24 June 2024
  • With her help, his angst metabolized into a searing peek under the hood.
    — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 6 July 2023
  • The drug is metabolized very quickly, but remains in the body for a long time, well after the high wears off.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Tricks to help your body metabolize your calories faster haven’t been proven safe or effective.
    — Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 22 Jan. 2025
  • There seems to be something wrong with the way Brittany’s body metabolizes liquor.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 21 May 2024
  • Milk is not advised as a drink for infants because it cannot be metabolized until around the age of one.
    — CNN, 21 Oct. 2019
  • How the body digests and metabolizes food is at the core of nutrition science.
    — Sheah Rarback, miamiherald, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Stronger muscles require more Botox and may metabolize it faster.
    — Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 27 May 2025
  • The body can metabolize some codeine into morphine.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • It’s not metabolized into methylmercury, which is in fish and shellfish.
    — Joseph Choi, The Hill, 26 June 2025
  • It's not metabolized into methylmercury, which is in fish and shellfish.
    — ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
  • As the city grew, the tides both helped and hindered as Boston struggled to metabolize its own wastes.
    — Courtney Humphries, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Larger doses of caffeine take your body longer to metabolize.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This gives the body enough time to digest and metabolize the CBD.
    — Carol Lee, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2024
  • This does not explain the high levels of the drug in his system at the time of his death, as ketamine metabolizes in a few hours.
    — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
  • Your body can metabolize fructose—the type of sugar found in fruits—without insulin.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 Apr. 2025
  • When consumed, delta 8 is metabolized by the body and excreted through urine.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
  • There is no way to flush the alcohol out of the system faster, as the body will metabolize it at a natural pace.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 23 Jan. 2025
  • So much of our ability to eat diverse food sources and metabolize them comes down to those bacteria.
    — Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Cows eat the grass but do not metabolize beta-carotene efficiently, so it is expressed in their milk.
    — Rosemary Trout, Scientific American, 27 June 2026
  • Cows eat the grass but do not metabolize beta-carotene efficiently, so it is expressed in their milk.
    — Rosemary Trout, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
  • Your liver then metabolizes it (further breaks it down and processes it).
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2025
  • My body just didn’t metabolize alcohol well.
    — Sarah Jones, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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