MOLECULES in a Sentence

Learn MOLECULES from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

13 example sentences for MOLECULES, such as:

1. The molecules of oxygen gas contain just two atoms.
2. Organic compounds contain carbon in their molecules.
3. The chemical structure of this particular molecule is very unusual.
4. The structure of molecules can be seen under an electron microscope.
5. Professor Bonnet has been working for many years on molecules of this type.

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molecule
 n.  the smallest unit without losing its own chemical nature, consisting usually of two or more atoms
Classic Sentence:
1  You might as well ask a man to eat molecules with a pair of chop-sticks, as to try to interest me about the lesser carnivora, when I know of what is before me.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
2  The soaked soil is in a state of fusion, as it were; all its molecules are in suspension in soft medium; it is not earth and it is not water.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE ...
Example Sentence:
1  The molecules are absorbed into the bloodstream and consequently affect the organs.
2  In this new shape, it can accommodate molecules called G-proteins, which hang around inside the cell.
3  Organic compounds contain carbon in their molecules.
4  The molecules of oxygen gas contain just two atoms.
5  Professor Orr has developed interesting ways of tagging chemical molecules using existing laboratory lasers.
6  Professor Bonnet has been working for many years on molecules of this type.
7  The structure of molecules can be seen under an electron microscope.
8  The protein molecule is made up of a number of organic units known as amino acids.
9  In cases where no data were available, the most probable structure of a molecule was calculated using molecular mechanics.
10  The chemical structure of this particular molecule is very unusual.
11  As students of chemistry know, even small rearrangements of a molecule's structure can produce a compound that acts differently.