How to Use castor in a Sentence

castor

noun
  • The seat is flanked by a pair of pipe arms, with two castors on the front.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 2024-04-15
  • The bright spot, maybe the only one, was beaver castor.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 2020-11-14
  • Castor oil is made from pressing seeds from the castor plant.
    — Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 2023-09-29
  • Both products are made with heavy oils: castor and jojoba are just a few.
    — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 2024-05-20
  • His home contained even more tubes filled with ricin, along with castor beans, the source of ricin, the release said.
    — Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 2022-05-10
  • My mum mixes castor and coconut oil into one little pot for me.
    — Varsha Patel, refinery29.com, 2024-09-25
  • Back then, beaver fur hats were worn everywhere and beaver castor — the wax from beaver glands — was in high demand.
    — Katrina Gulliver, Washington Post, 2022-12-13
  • Ricin comes from the waste left over after processing castor beans, which are used to make castor oil.
    — Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 2020-09-21
  • In the past, the distillery produced a whiskey with the secretion from beavers’ castor sacs.
    — Michael Casey, BostonGlobe.com, 2022-06-28
  • In the past, the distillery produced a whiskey with the secretion from beavers' castor sacs.
    — Michael Casey, USA TODAY, 2022-06-28
  • Most blends include African nutmeg, castor seed, orima, jansa and beletete leaves.
    — Jen Rose Smith, CNN, 2022-01-05
  • With a fresh face and her hair and body wrapped in a towel, Gomez starts by shaping her brows with castor hair oil and a spoolie brush.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 2022-12-29
  • Castoreum comes from the castor sacs of the beaver, which occur in both males and females between the pelvis and the base of the tail.
    — Mallory Locklear, Discover Magazine, 2014-10-12
  • This oil contains rosemary, caffeine, castor, oil, and biotin.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2022-12-20
  • There are also higher-end models with locking castors, which are the easiest to move.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 2023-06-13
  • Ylang-Ylang wax and castor oils provide intense moisture and prevent chlorine and salt buildup.
    — ELLE, 2022-05-20
  • Sacks likes castor or almond oil to create the same protective barrier on the brow and to help the tint from fading too fast.
    — Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, 2023-09-06
  • It’s also packed with castor seed oil, which keeps your eyebrows feeling conditioned, nourished, and soft.
    — Talia Ergas, Travel + Leisure, 2023-04-25
  • It’s made by hand and milled with vibrant pigments in a high-quality, organic castor seed oil which helps soften the lips.
    — Robin Raven, Forbes, 2024-12-01
  • The wax — which is made of beeswax, castor seed oil, and lanolin — goes on thick but immediately melts upon contact with skin.
    — Audrey Noble, Allure, 2020-01-23
  • One example is ricin, which is produced naturally in castor seeds and is lethal to humans in the tiniest amounts.
    — Amy Webb, The Atlantic, 2022-02-14
  • The formula is all grown up, with synthetic beeswax and castor seed oil to keep skin and lips moisturized in the driest offices.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 2023-09-08
  • Rosemary, castor, and peppermint oils are known to promote hair growth, and this formula contains all three of them (*chef’s kiss*).
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 2024-07-09
  • Among the treatments Messer allegedly prescribed were laetrile and three castor oil enemas per day for three months.
    — Christine Willmsen, The Seattle Times, 2017-05-29
  • Ancient Egyptian women would rub a mixture of castor and almond oil into their scalps in the hopes of promoting hair growth.
    — Megan Bradley, New York Times, 2022-11-15
  • With tea tree oil and bisabolol to soothe an itchy scalp, the popular pre-wash oil also has castor and rosemary oils to moisturize the scalp and kickstart hair growth.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2025-03-25
  • The castor wheels on the current prototype, which is slightly less than 5 feet long, allow the students to test it without snow; the final version would have skis underneath.
    — Kathy Boccella, Philly.com, 2018-04-03
  • However, according to Coppetti, the company is aiming to also be making the outsole out of castor beans by the time the shoe ships next fall.
    — Outside Online, 2020-11-13
  • The boho maxi dresses, from girls & women's apparel brand Joyfolie, were in the color castor gray and featured a full tiered skirt with lace ruffles and a scalloped lace detail in the back.
    — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 2021-10-12
  • Close to Jupiter and Venus will be Castor and Pollux, the two brightest stars in the constellation Gemini.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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