How to Use lancet in a Sentence

lancet

noun
  • The lancet liver fluke is a great example.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Also, the lancets need to be the right design for your lancing device.
    — Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Use a lancet, a tool used to pierce the skin, to create a clean opening down the center of the blemish.
    — Brooke Shunatona, Cosmopolitan, 13 Mar. 2018
  • But her diabetes test strips and lancets cost $120 for a three-month supply.
    — John Tozzi, Bloomberg.com, 26 June 2018
  • Needles and lancets are required by law to be placed in Sharps containers and taken to a collection center.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Needles, syringes, lancets and liquids will not be accepted, according to the news release.
    — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2019
  • So, think glucose monitoring systems, lancets, alcohol swabs or prep pads, all of that can really add up.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
  • State law prohibits the disposal of sharps, including needles, syringes and lancets in regular trash.
    — Gary Warth, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Wood-beam cathedral ceilings, ornate ironwork and lancet-style windows are among the architectural details.
    — Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 10 May 2018
  • The parasite, the lancet liver fluke, is a flatworm that jumps between different animal species to complete its life cycle.
    — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2018
  • If the idea of using something with an actual lancet is intimidating, take the DIY route.
    — Marissa Desantis, Teen Vogue, 24 Aug. 2017
  • For people with diabetes, Part B covers glucose meters, test strips, lancets and insulin when patients use insulin pumps.
    — Byrichard Eisenberg, Fortune Well, 20 July 2023
  • It’s intended to include everything needed to test at home, although our kit only came with lancets, instructions, two paper collection pads, the lab form, and two biohazard bags.
    — Lindsay Modglin, Health, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Sharps, in this case, refers to dangerous medical objects including syringes, autoinjectors, lancets and infusion sets.
    — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Glucose Testing On-the-Go When traveling, be sure to pack extra test strips, lancets, and other supplies like insulin, needles, and batteries.
    — Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • That’s welcome news for the nation’s 30 million diabetics, who stand not only to get some relief from the seemingly incessant stream of lancets, test strips and syringes, but also to stay healthier.
    — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 2 May 2017
  • An Italian woodcut dating from 1671 that depicts the tools of the bloodletting trade, including a thumb lancet, fleam, collection cups, and, most prominently, leeches.
    — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2016
  • The collection also accepts medical sharps, including diabetic needles, blood lancets, insulin pens, epi-pens, syringes, expired over-the-counter medicines and non-narcotic prescriptions.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • No food scraps, batteries, yard waste, greasy pizza box lids (recycle the clean parts), Styrofoam, wet paper towels, diapers of any kind, clothing, shoes, toys, diabetic lancets, metal tools, nails and construction debris.
    — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 23 July 2019
  • Harris has applied for seven patents, including a potentially revolutionary device for testing blood, glucose, hemoglobin and white-blood cell count by using a finger cuff instead of the lancet that can be the bane of a diabetic’s existence.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2017
  • Using traditional petrochemical manufacturing processes to make materials is like using a blunt instrument, Emanuel said, while bio-manufacturing is more akin to a lancet.
    — James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 14 May 2021
  • The Crush the Crisis program will be taking multiple varieties of opioid medications, including capsules, tablets and patches, but will not be accepting needles, syringes, inhalers, lancets or liquids.
    — Chevall Pryce, Houston Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2019

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