How to Use centrifuge in a Sentence

centrifuge

1 of 2 noun
  • Emilio—who seems a bit like an alter ego for the artist who thought him up—emerges as a kind of centrifuge.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • Blood is removed from one arm and then a centrifuge separates the platelets.
    — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Funds were so tight that one of the doctors built a homemade centrifuge for testing blood.
    — Amanda B. Moniz, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2020
  • And the new agreement doesn't mention centrifuges.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • Love and Thunder is pretty much all that again, poured into a centrifuge.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 5 July 2022
  • At one point, the blood-spinning centrifuge in one of the miniLabs blew up.
    — John Carreyrou, WIRED, 21 May 2018
  • Then technicians spin the blood in a centrifuge to separate the cells.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Inside the black-plastic case were the tools of her trade, including a small centrifuge.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Oct. 2022
  • In the corner of a business office was a device chugging with the rapid pulse of a high-speed centrifuge.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2021
  • The centrifuge can accommodate just one person at a time, and that helped shape the course of their training.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2021
  • In Roseville, the price to purchase a new centrifuge for the city's power plant is now higher.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • New York City had become a centrifuge, spitting friends out in faraway places.
    — New York Times, 23 Mar. 2021
  • And the centrifuges and centrifuge parts that Iran probably still has could always be used to make more.
    — Matthew Bunn, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
  • An explosion ripped apart an advanced centrifuge assembly plant at the site.
    — Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Johnson said the city wants to install a centrifuge to process waste oil from boats for the incinerator.
    — Christina McDermott, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The deal placed limits on the use of centrifuges for research and development, but did not bar it outright.
    — New York Times, 14 Jan. 2020
  • From there, the blood is placed in a centrifuge to separate the different components of the blood.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 30 Apr. 2021
  • To the left of the centrifuge is a trio of fiberglass/epoxy tanks that used to be part of Seaside’s water main system.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 Feb. 2021
  • This is done in stages, using multiple centrifuges that enrich the uranium bit by bit.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
  • Spinning the mop in the centrifuge was effective in keeping this mop head clean, taking out most of the water and any solids.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023
  • Ron explains the process, saying blood is taken and then separated by a centrifuge.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 31 July 2020
  • The mix is then transferred to a second tank, where a centrifuge spins the lumpy liquid, separating the oil from the sands.
    — Clifford Krauss, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018
  • Probably the closest thing is the centrifuge at Johnsville, Pa.
    — Joseph N. Bell, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2021
  • Its centrifuges for enriching more uranium, and parts for more centrifuges.
    — Matthew Bunn, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The new centrifuge is about 46% more extreme in its capacity.
    — New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Scientists exposed fruit flies to forces as high as 13G using a centrifuge.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
  • Some are machine washable, while others can be put into a bucket of clean water and then into the centrifuge to dry.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023
  • In this case, a giant centrifuge would spin the craft around in a vacuum to build up insane speed, then open a door and release it into the sky.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Blood is drawn, usually from the client’s arm, then placed in a centrifuge in order to separate the plasma and the platelets from red blood cells.
    — Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 14 Sep. 2018
  • The goal, the official said, was to use the shock waves and other effects of the explosions to destroy the centrifuges.
    — Samuel Granados, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025

centrifuge

2 of 2 verb
  • Blood is drawn from the patient and centrifuged to increase the concentration of platelets.
    — Joyce Wiswell For The Knee Institute, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Fresh marigold leaves were rinsed, chopped, crushed, centrifuged, filtered, and evaporated.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The first step is often to centrifuge a blood specimen into separate components.
    — Nicholas Moore, The Conversation, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Blood is drawn from the patient and centrifuged to increase the concentration of platelets to 10 times more growth factors than normal plasma.
    — Joyce Wiswell For The Knee Institute, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The solution is centrifuged to separate the solids, leaving a clear liquid that is combined with Belle Meade Bourbon.
    — Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • Built by Shanghai Electric Nuclear Power Group as part of China's Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF), CHIEF1900 will soon function at 1,900 g-tonnes, surpassing the previously most powerful centrifuge the CHIEF1300.
    — New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2026

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