How to Use molar in a Sentence

molar

1 of 2 noun
  • The molar has an enormous vertical hole through the crown and down to the pulp.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 May 2026
  • Manatee teeth are all molars, between six to eight on each side, top and bottom.
    — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Wisdom teeth, known as third molars, are the last teeth to develop and appear in the mouth.
    — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The species’ molars were up to four times larger than the molars of people alive today.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The tool that dug into my rearmost molar’s pulp chamber shook my jaw with a percussive chug.
    — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2021
  • In rare moments of levity, his eyes crinkled and his smile revealed a gold molar.
    — Robert Moor, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Half his face was swollen, a throbbing molar was festering, the pain was unbearable.
    — Cynthia Ozick, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022
  • That said, not everything lurking between your molars is quite as benign.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Our third molars, also known as our wisdom teeth, either don’t develop, don’t erupt, or need to be yanked out.
    — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The spots typically show up on the insides of the cheeks near the molars about two to three days after symptoms start.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Within a couple of days of being home, Roland was chewing something and spat out most of a molar.
    — Hazlitt, 1 Feb. 2023
  • These included back teeth, such as molars and premolars, as well as more frontal incisors and canines.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The mammoth’s jawbone, containing molars the size of a man’s shoe, was collected at the same site.
    — Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
  • In this case, the detritus is part of a human jawbone, with a single molar and a bit of tissue still attached.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2022
  • The molar showed signs of normal long-term wear and tear, which could have only happened if the patient lived to chew another day.
    — ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
  • But the team has not yet tried to extract ancient DNA or proteins from the skull or molar to test that idea.
    — Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 25 June 2021
  • A lot of carnivorans retain molars behind the slicing pair that can grind up stuff such as vegetation.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But the Chagyrskaya molar is evidence of skilled medical treatment.
    — ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
  • Instead of molar-cracking croutons, the lettuce is speckled with breadcrumbs, ensuring a bit of crunch with each bite.
    — Associate Restaurant Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2023
  • In mammals, most mammal species follow a predictable pattern when molars develop.
    — New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
  • The teeth were in good condition, and investigators could tell that the third molar had not yet erupted, which helped determine age.
    — oregonlive, 8 May 2023
  • To do that, though, the sheep will regurgitate the plant matter and grind it up with its back molars — similar to how the sheepshead fish uses its back teeth to grind up shells.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2023
  • Manatees grow new molars that slide forward like a conveyor belt to replace worn ones that, without the kind of deep roots that anchor human teeth, fall out on their own.
    — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
  • All these mammals would have feared the triisodontids, the terrors of the Paleocene, which looked like wolves on steroids and smashed the bones of their prey with crushing molars.
    — Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 1 June 2022
  • And, at least to this point, scientists haven’t been able to recover any DNA that could make the molar’s origin certain.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2023
  • The research team examined the molar with a micro-CT scan and a scanning electron microscope.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 13 May 2026
  • Kahan’s first few releases are lightly catchy indie pop—the sort of thing that might play at a reasonable volume while a dental hygienist scrapes gunk off your molars.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Someone in the medical field arranged for Jaci to end her partial molar pregnancy at a clinic in Kansas.
    — Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Peoplemag, 4 May 2023
  • Their molars are used for eating plants, but their sharp canines, which might reach 20 inches (51 centimeters), are for defense and fighting.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
  • One of the Belgians present, Gerard Soete, brought home Lumumba’s molars and a finger as trophies.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023

molar

2 of 2 adjective
  • Instead of molar-cracking croutons, the lettuce is speckled with breadcrumbs, ensuring a bit of crunch with each bite.
    — Associate Restaurant Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2023
  • This meant the second molar (m2) was free to grow unusually large – and bigger than the standard molar-development rules should allow.
    — New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Narrow medical exceptions exist for ectopic and molar pregnancies, but not fatal fetal diagnoses.
    — Vivian Jones, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Evolution delivered it, with the bears experiencing a reduction in those molecular inhibitory signals produced by the first molar (m1).
    — New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
  • And once again, there was a tweak made to the molar-growth program, this time a reduction in inhibitory signals from m2, which saw the third molar (m3) grow larger, adding more grinding capacity, to accommodate the plant-heavy menu.
    — New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Radiocarbon dating of molar teeth from both sets of remains placed their deaths as occurring between 50 BCE and 70 CE.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026
  • These included a molar and humerus shaft from NgLj-3; two molars, a premolar, and a temporal cranium bone from NgLj-2; and a sample taken from a left humerus found in 2018 at NgLj-1.
    — ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026

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