GLAND in a Sentence

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For GLAND, below is one of 12 sentences:
Though usually described as a digestive gland, the liver has other functions of equal or greater importance.

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 Meanings and Examples of GLAND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gland
 n.  any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
Classic Sentence:
1  "His poor mother," murmured the major, trying to get the lachrymal gland in operation, so as to moisten the corner of his eye with a false tear.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 55. Major Cavalcanti.
2  Mr Casey leaned his head to one side and, smiling, tapped the gland of his neck with his fingers.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  He was truly crying, but it would have been difficult to say whether joy or the onions produced the greatest effect on the lachrymal glands of the old inn-keeper of the Pont-du-Gard.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 81. The Room of the Retired Baker.
4  Before the carcass was admitted here, however, it had to pass a government inspector, who sat in the doorway and felt of the glands in the neck for tuberculosis.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
Example Sentence:
1  Located at the base of the brain, the pituitary gland is protected by a bony structure.
2  General Hospital, said The root cause of acne is a lipid-rich gland, the sebaceous gland, which sits a few millimetres below the surface of the skin.
3  Though usually described as a digestive gland, the liver has other functions of equal or greater importance.
4  She's gone to bed with swollen glands and a temperature.
5  The center of these glands manufactures adrenaline.
6  Saliva is a liquid secreted by glands in or near the mouth.
7  Female ants release pheromones from their scent glands.
8  The findings make sense, she said, because the glands that secrete tears bear receptors.