How to Use inhibitor in a Sentence

inhibitor

noun
  • These inhibitors are not on the market at this point.
    — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Lellio remained on the inhibitor for two years.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • Add water to the jellied mass of seeds to leach and ferment away the inhibitors.
    — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
  • One key factor is the presence of enhancers or inhibitors in these food sources.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Those are often sprayed with a sprout inhibitor that will also keep them from growing.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Next, use a rust inhibitor or converter to impede the tin worm's progress.
    — Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2020
  • This compound is an inhibitor of enzymes that break down proteins.
    — Brittany Edelmann, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Kind of out of the blue, this group had this small [enzyme inhibitor] program for two or three main targets.
    — Shraddha Chakradhar, STAT, 21 Nov. 2019
  • In the case of Flint, corrosion inhibitors were not added to the water.
    — Georeen Tanner, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2018
  • Select seed potatoes that are free of pests and diseases and are untreated with bud inhibitor.
    — Jodi Bay, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2023
  • They're absorbed by the body and can act as inhibitors of inflammation throughout the body.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • This study found these inhibitors were able to work with two enzymes that control eating behavior.
    — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Why haven't PBMs fulfilled their promise as a cost inhibitor?
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 29 Mar. 2017
  • Prep Probably the biggest inhibitor to making new friends (and lovers) is fear.
    — Anna Pulley, RedEye Chicago, 14 May 2018
  • Why is an accurate predictor of the impact of a checkpoint inhibitor so hard to find?
    — Thomas Davis, STAT, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Instead of thinking of uncertainty as an inhibitor in your life, think of it as a chance to try something new.
    — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Now the operation of the device you've been given isn't an inhibitor to the user’s work.
    — Leon Gilbert, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • In the studies, two-thirds of the men took one of the androgen receptor inhibitors, while a third took a placebo.
    — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2018
  • The inhibitors also can be found in some types of seeds that have a hard coating that needs to be removed in order to germinate.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2017
  • Light is the strongest inhibitor of melatonin production.
    — Sally Ibrahim, The Conversation, 23 June 2026
  • The lethal cocktail acts as a cholinesterase inhibitor, blocking an enzyme the nervous system needs to function.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The pool also has a six-inch top railing made with resin and UV inhibitors to prevent it from fading.
    — Veronica Graham, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
  • Neuraminidase inhibitors such as oseltamivir stop this protein cutting the virus loose from a cell and so stop the virus spreading to other cells.
    — Naomi Lubick, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2019
  • All got a type of drug, known as a checkpoint inhibitor, that blocks a crucial protein from enabling tumors to evade T cells.
    — Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The drug is a polymerase inhibitor that induces a destructive number of mutations to the virus.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Mold inhibitors—often listed as calcium propionate—are a key red flag.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 4 Apr. 2026
  • At issue is the market for medicines called CDK 4/6 inhibitors.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Next, the effectiveness of the enzyme inhibitor needs to be tested against the entire virus, not just the enzyme.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Oil foam is not as effective a lubricant as a full-liquid stream, so the inhibitors are used to cause the foam bubbles to collapse.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2018
  • The group’s lawsuit asks the court to order the city to treat the water with corrosion inhibitors, and to replace the old lead service lines.
    — Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2019

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