How to Use cavity in a Sentence

cavity

noun

• I had two cavities filled at the dentist's.
• Some birds nest in tree cavities.
• Its frame is still thick with sinew, and there’s some kind of membrane around its chest cavity, which lights up.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2021
• The swab traverses a dark passage that leads to the nasal cavity.
  — New York Times, 18 Nov. 2021
• Sipes provide a cavity that pulls away the small layer of water on top of the ice to provide more grip.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 1 Nov. 2021
• The key turned out to be feathers, which have long been known to ornament many cavity-loving species’ nests.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Nov. 2021
• At the back of this cavity — more or less in line with your earlobe — is your nasopharynx, where the back of your nose meets the top of your throat.
  — New York Times, 18 Nov. 2021
• Loosely spoon the stuffing into the cavity, allowing about ¾ cup per pound.
  — Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 22 Nov. 2021
• Most of the strange rocks on the interior of the crater were blasted up on impact and slid back down on top of the cavity left afterwards.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 15 Nov. 2021
• Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of kosher salt in the turkey cavity.
  — Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 22 Nov. 2021
• Small streams trickle down into the limestone cavity filled with lush vegetation.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2021
• It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles, or cavities.
  — Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
• Connecting the olfactory bulb and the nasal cavity is the olfactory nerve.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
• Court documents show the medical examiner's office located a projectile in the chest cavity of Mack with an entry wound in the upper left-back.
  — Fox News, 27 Oct. 2021
• Finally, the resonating chambers consist of multiple structures located above the vocal cords: the upper part of the larynx, the pharynx, the nasal cavity, the mouth.
  — Guillaume Jacquemont, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021
• The shape of the skull is rounder, and the size of the skull cavity is smaller.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
• Place the herbs, onion and lemon from the brine in the cavity of the turkey.
  — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2022
• These cells sit at the top of the nasal cavity and help send smell signals from the nose to the brain.
  — Aara'l Yarber, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Half of the man’s skull was gone, and his chest cavity was splayed open.
  — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
• Place the chickens on a sheet pan, then place the lemons in the chicken cavities.
  — Ali Slagle, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
• Trim any excess fat from around the duck cavity and the neck.
  — Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
• Fill the cavity of each cake with ganache, leaving about a ¼-inch headspace, and use some of the cake cutout to enclose the ganache.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
• Rub the turkey all over with the oil-and-spice mixture, making sure to get some in the cavity of the bird.
  — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
• Safety concerns stem from the nasal cavity's closeness to the brain and the lungs.
  — Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2022
• The gun, wrapped in gray plastic, was in the poultry’s cavity.
  — Suryatapa Bhattacharya, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
• Season both sides of the fish and inside the cavity with 1.5 tsp.
  — Daniel Holzman, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2022
• The depth of the underground cavity that caused the collapse is not known, Paine added.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
• Pierce through the meat with a sharp, pointed knife and force a whole clove deep into the cavities.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
• The quickest cure is to get rid of the cavity of air at the center of the chicken by spatchcocking the bird.
  — Ian Knauer, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
• For young children in particular, early childhood caries or cavities, also known as baby bottle tooth decay, begins in the baby’s front teeth and extends to the back.
  — Erica Jackson Curran, Parents, 7 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024