How to Use cholesterol in a Sentence

cholesterol

noun
  • Did your doctor check your cholesterol?
  • Not all types of cholesterol are bad.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • The cholesterol and fats in your body are called lipids.
    — Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But egg yolks by themselves are high in cholesterol.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The weight comes off before the cholesterol comes down.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Our cholesterol and blood pressure go up.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Smoking was in, steaks - no one heard about cholesterol and all that stuff.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 4 May 2020
  • Egg yolks contain lots of cholesterol.
    — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Is peanut butter bad for cholesterol?
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
  • That gives a general idea of how much cholesterol is in your blood.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Want to lower your cholesterol?
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2025
  • For years, the perception was that high cholesterol was bad for your health.
    — Lauren Farrell, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Or steak- and lobster-borne cholesterol.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
  • High in protein, low in cholesterol, makes a good, frothy head in cocktails.
    — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Both turkey and ham can affect your cholesterol.
    — Laura Schober, Health, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Plant sterols and stanols block the body from absorbing cholesterol.
    — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 8 Jan. 2026
  • On the flip side, the ease of use and cleanup process isn’t doing wonders for my cholesterol.
    — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Fon’t let your cholesterol or blood pressure, for instance, run amok.
    — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Statins aren’t the only drugs for cholesterol control.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Does cholesterol still matter for heart disease risk?
    — Mary J. Scourboutakos, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Controlling your cholesterol can keep your heart healthy.
    — Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Her cholesterol was in the 400s, more than double a healthy range.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Egg whites have almost no fat or cholesterol and are much lower in calories.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Egg whites have almost no fat or cholesterol and are much lower in calories.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Egg whites are an excellent source of protein and are low in fat and cholesterol.
    — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • Even modest weight loss can improve cholesterol.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 23 Apr. 2026
  • And that means their own cells can’t contain cholesterol, the target that the saponins bind to and pierce.
    — Wired, 14 July 2022
  • Beans are a good source of fiber and a low-fat, low-calorie, cholesterol-free source of protein.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The pill contains low doses of three blood pressure drugs and a cholesterol drug.
    — Carla K. Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Tofu is a great source of protein, without any of the cholesterol.
    — Michiko Tomioka, CNBC, 26 July 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'cholesterol.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: