How to Use sperm in a Sentence

sperm

noun
  • The sperm fertilizes the egg.
  • The short answer is salmon sperm.
    — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 30 Apr. 2026
  • What if men thought about their sperm like women think about their eggs?
    — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2020
  • One sperm unites with the egg, making an embryo.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The egg was thought to be passive while the sperm was active.
    — Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
  • And now, at last, sperm passes from one slug to the other.
    — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • Salmon sperm facials are much newer to the scene than snail mucin.
    — Sam Delgado, Vox, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The prostate is a gland that produces fluid to help sperm stay healthy.
    — Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 20 May 2025
  • In fact, some aren't friendly at all and may even damage sperm.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 2 Mar. 2024
  • This is shirako, the sperm sacs of cod, soft and milky as oysters.
    — Ligaya Mishan Esther Choi, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • How did the sperm get used by women all over Europe?
    — Haley Ott, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
  • This tube carries sperm out the tip of the arm and into the female.
    — Tik Root, Time, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The next step is to see if the pills decrease sperm production.
    — NBC News, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The team catches the males and collects samples of their sperm.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The signal below the testes is from the epididymis that stores the sperm.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The more common health risk, however, has to do with the sperm.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 20 Apr. 2020
  • The gel has been shown to suppress sperm levels for about 72 hours.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Time, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Sometimes, doctors help the sperm and the egg join so adults can have a baby.
    — Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 8 July 2024
  • Olaf the toad is the first of its species to be born from previously frozen sperm.
    — Lindsey McGinnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2020
  • For their study, the researchers tested both human and mouse sperm.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Namely, how to transfer sperm from your mate into the shell and get any eggs out.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 May 2025
  • Valdez’s sperm was found in the woman’s home, according to the suit.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The hermaphrodites, which produce both eggs and sperm at once, are the true solo act of the worm world.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
  • Researchers can also check for sperm when tagging male sharks.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
  • But in the austral spring, the rear of their bodies turn into sacks of egg or sperm.
    — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Styles ate cod sperm to avoid answering the questions.
    — Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Read on to see some of the best products for achieving glowing skin — sans salmon sperm.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The testicles’ first key task is making sperm.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • Overall, the more motile sperm a man in the study had, the longer he was expected to live.
    — Simon Spichak, Health, 27 Mar. 2025
  • There’s even a lounging form written in the meat of the fruit that might be a sperm or a vulva.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023

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