How to Use cell wall in a Sentence

cell wall

noun
  • When lettuce is cut, torn, or bruised, its cell walls break down.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
  • His cell walls and floor were found covered with feces and urine.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Fresh, whole fruit has the most fiber because the cell walls are intact.
    — Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 25 June 2023
  • Plants need calcium to build cell walls and grow strong new root tips, shoots, and leaves.
    — Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
  • With the pressure of miles of ocean above them, these cell walls are held in a workable shape.
    — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
  • Not possible due to the lack of chitin and the structure of the cell walls.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Your enzymes can't work on carbs when they're protected by the cell wall.
    — Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Inside the membrane of the cell wall, a minute world on which all of life depends.
    — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Serna was left lying prone on the floor, her head between the cell wall and floor.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The stuff that's hurting your eyeballs is gas from inside the cell walls of onions.
    — Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 20 Apr. 2017
  • The cell walls break down and leave you with a starchy, mushy potato that isn't pleasant to eat baked or mashed.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Potatoes are made of cells, and their cell walls act as semipermeable membranes.
    — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The plant cell wall protects the carbs from dissolving in water.
    — Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
  • While tiny, these cells are protected by armored plates, two cell membranes, and a cell wall.
    — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Crushing or roasting breaks down plant cell walls, releasing oil.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The cell wall structure is still there, so now there’s a sponge-like structure of almost pure carbon.
    — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2021
  • When plants freeze the water inside freezes, and that expands the breaks the cell wall, Gieseke said.
    — John S. Marshall, Houston Chronicle, 2 Jan. 2018
  • The cell walls act as a semipermeable membrane that only let water through.
    — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The footage shows Serna stiffen up and fall sideways, her head striking the cell wall.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
  • Each cell in that outer ring has a strong cell wall and is normally plump because it’s filled with water.
    — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 25 June 2021
  • This causes fat cells to freeze, breaking cell walls and causing cell death (apoptosis).
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The incoming water in the potato cells pushes on the cell walls and makes the cells bigger.
    — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The chitosan that Dyson is using is found in the cell walls of mushrooms, and helps to give the fungi their shape.
    — Samantha Conti, WWD, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Serna is seen remaining in the same position on the floor with her head tucked between the cell wall and cell door.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
  • Others expel water from their cells to prevent the freeze-thaw cycle from bursting cell walls.
    — Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Others expel water from their cells to prevent the freeze-thaw cycle from bursting cell walls.
    — Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Genes for making cell walls reverted to a formula found in algae.
    — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Both fungi and insects use the polysaccharide chitin to build cell walls, while plants use cellulose.
    — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The bubbles pry apart the mold's cell walls and collapse its protective structure from the inside out to kill it.
    — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 25 June 2026
  • Summary Pectin is a natural compound found in plant cell walls.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 24 Mar. 2025

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