How to Use vial in a Sentence

vial

noun
  • Glimpse the vials stowed beside the eggs in the fridge.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The hours and vials, so many things sealed, opened and tested.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But once the vial is tapped, it must be used within six hours.
    — Glenn Howatt, Star Tribune, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Once a vial is opened, all the doses have to be used in six hours.
    — Olivia Goldhill, STAT, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Once a vial is opened, all the doses must be used up in a few hours.
    — Ratheesh Raveendran, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Test users swirl the sample swab in a vial, which then goes in a test unit.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Just open the tube, swab your nose, and place the tube in the testing vial.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Small, loose fossils were placed in a vial and turned in at the end of the day.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 25 Sep. 2019
  • That vial meant far more to me than the metal inside.
    — John Archibald, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
  • Between these cells, five tritium vials are placed in a row.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The huffing of the vial of ether — was that always in the scene?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Beside the vial is a wad of cash and what appears to be a small ring box.
    — Alexis Reliford, refinery29.com, 12 Apr. 2020
  • One by one, we were led into a small room and asked to spit into a vial.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
  • Simply fill the vial with some water and this planter will take care of the rest.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2021
  • For the first day, the staff scheduled just enough patients to use up one vial.
    — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2021
  • Some of what was stolen was a tincture sold in a small vial, Phipps said.
    — Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News, 5 Sep. 2017
  • People swab themselves and swirl it in a vial that is then placed in a test unit.
    — NBC News, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Stir the swab in the vial and then apply three drops of the liquid to the test kit.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Once the top has been punctured, the rest of the vial must be used within six hours.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2021
  • The idea of purple was inspired by the vial of potion, the youth serum.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 May 2025
  • Four health workers went door to door with suitcases full of swabs and vials.
    — Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The 5 mg vials will cost $399, down from $499.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
  • These days though, the fight to wipe out the disease doesn’t come just from the tip of a vaccine vial.
    — Time, 7 May 2018
  • Plus, the 15-ml vial is the perfect size to toss in your carry-on.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2022
  • One 10-cc vial was injected in five or six places in the swollen arm.
    — Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
  • All of their embryos had been stored together in the same vial, in the tank that had failed.
    — Megan Molteni, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Without that kind of proof, the caller seemed to imply, the vials wouldn’t be shipped.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Any ticks the drag picks up are stored in vials, labelled and brought to the station for research.
    — Allison Gollenberg, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
  • Donor sperm is around £1000 per vial, which is equal to one round of treatment.
    — Jamie Wareham, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
  • His nurse draws 12 vials of blood for tests, the results of which will be returned in a week.
    — Alex Kuczynski, Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2016

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