How to Use globule in a Sentence

globule

noun
  • The fractal globule makes perfect sense as the shape of a genome.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2011
  • The gluten is added last, to prevent globules from forming.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2018
  • The first change to Gekko is that his globules are now harder to reclaim.
    — Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • These globules can be seen as dark, small, dense pockets of gas and dust throughout the image.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Dec. 2023
  • My high-tech globule was air-conditioned, with a huge bed perfect for stargazing.
    — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Milk contains both fat globules and tiny capsules of protein, and both play a role in the type of foam produced.
    — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018
  • Photos of the spill show large chunky globules and long slicks of oil floating on the Gulf's surface.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • When cream is mixed to make ice cream, the fat gets separated into little globules.
    — Siddhant Pusdekar, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2024
  • In cream, triglycerides are packaged into globules or crystals.
    — Rosemary Trout, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
  • In cream, triglycerides are packaged into globules or crystals.
    — Rosemary Trout, Scientific American, 27 June 2026
  • The gold quickly crumbles, shrinking, until the mix can be swept into a small silver globule.
    — Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Nebulae come in many shapes and sizes, from small dark globules to immense giant molecular clouds.
    — Philip Plait, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Little, golden globules of fat are pooling on the surface like Monet lily pads.
    — Adam Rapoport, Air Mail, 23 May 2026
  • One type of muon detector, called a nuclear emulsion film, catches muons as lines of little black globules.
    — Ben Guarino, Alaska Dispatch News, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Projected on the walls of the installation are phantasmal globules of red, green, and blue.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2017
  • It is absorbed by fat globules that travel through the small intestines and distribute the vitamin throughout your body.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2024
  • In this case, those details include delicious globules of fat floating atop ramen made with precision and care.
    — Longreads, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Cows' milk, for example, has much larger fat globules than human milk and would have been more difficult for infants to digest.
    — Megan Gannon, National Geographic, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Diagram of the phosopholipid layer surrounding a fat globule [3].
    — Vince C Reyes, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2013
  • Our perfectly round ice cream balls also had to be hollow (to give the appearance of more ice cream than there really was in the globule atop the cone).
    — Julie Giuffrida, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Globules form due to the long-chain mucus proteins that exist in the frog saliva, much like human saliva; these proteins tangle like pasta when swirled.
    — Alexis Noel and David Hu, Smithsonian, 1 Feb. 2017
  • Milk fat globule membrane surrounds the fat droplets in breast milk and supports a baby’s cognitive development.
    — Lainey Younkin, Ms, Rd, Parents, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Inside, perfectly preserved, is not just this haunting tableau, but also the leg and part of the body of an adult male spider that had the bad luck to step in the same resin globule.
    — Jason Daley, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2013
  • There’s also some promising research about the benefits of a compound called the milk-fat globule membrane, which is intact in cheese but not in milk or butter.
    — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Instead of being pink in the middle, the Beast Burger was light brown and spotted with yellowish globules.
    — Marisa Kendall, The Mercury News, 8 June 2017
  • After mixing alcohol and aloe vera gel in a bowl, the mix created weird globules, and the gel began to separate and sink to the bottom.
    — New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020
  • But when heat is introduced, the protein structure falls apart and the emulsion breaks—the fat globules come together into a greasy pool and the proteins congeal to form a stringy mess.
    — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Bok globules are abundant throughout all gas-rich and dust-rich galaxies, and can be found in many different locations in our own Milky Way.
    — Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Aside from looking really cool, these zero-g globules could help create more effective medication.
    — Adam Mann, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2012
  • Little white globules of coconut oil, intended to simulate natural marbling in meat, melted and sputtered.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 18 Aug. 2023

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