How to Use membrane in a Sentence

membrane

noun
  • Use a soup spoon to scrape out the pulp and membranes.
    — Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Use a small spoon to scoop out the seeds and membranes.
    — Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Beat the egg whites with a whisk or fork just enough to break up any membranes.
    — Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
  • If there is any white membrane on the straight edge of your wedge, slice it off.
    — Rebekah Peppler, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • On one side, the world comes onto the membrane.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • Discard the skin and membrane that float to the top.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Jan. 2026
  • For less heat, remove most of the seeds and white membrane.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Turn the lobster tail over and cut the spiny membrane in the back.
    — Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Use the knife to cut away the membrane from each segment of fruit.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Score the skin along the sections of white membrane.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Score the skin along the sections of white membrane.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The seeds will sink and the membranes will float in the water.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Work the membrane loose using a knife and then grab and pull it off.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2018
  • Using a large spoon, scoop out all seeds and stringy membranes.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2024
  • No problems with a lack of membrane tension or the loss of blood.
    — ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
  • While the seeds sink to the bottom, any white membrane bits that come out will float the top.
    — Emma Wartzman, Bon Appetit, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The virus latches onto cells in the membrane that lines the eye.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The paste had broken its membrane and absorbed the pus.
    — Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • If this membrane breaks down, bacteria can move from the white to the yolk.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
  • Fatty acids are fragments of lipids that make up the cell’s membranes.
    — Fabian Klenner, JSTOR Daily, 13 June 2024
  • Strain the membranes from the water and then drain the seeds in a colander.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The membrane at the top would have been last, overlapping the side pieces.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Nowhere seems to drift through this as through a semipermeable membrane.
    — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Inside the membrane of the cell wall, a minute world on which all of life depends.
    — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The side pieces would have gone on next, overlapping the first piece of membrane.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Then, holding the fruit in your hand, cut the segments away from the membrane.
    — Becky Krystal, charlotteobserver, 24 Apr. 2018
  • This soluble fiber is found in the fruit's membranes.
    — Zia Sherrell, Health, 7 Feb. 2026
  • This causes the eardrum, a thin, pliable membrane, to stretch.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Even so, the show has pushed against the membrane of Friedland’s own comedic shield.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026
  • Chains of fatty acids make up the outer membranes of living cells.
    — Gideon Yoffe, The Conversation, 29 May 2026

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