TISSUE in a Sentence

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For TISSUE, below is one of 25 sentences:
"Watson, buried within this tissue of lies there is a kernel of truth; when I find it, the mystery will be solved.".

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 Meanings and Examples of TISSUE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tissue
 n.  groups of cells that make particular parts of the body
 n.  soft thin paper
Classic Sentence:
1  After the tissue of social falsehoods in which she had so long moved it was refreshing to step into the open daylight of an avowed expediency.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 7
2  The fifes were combs with tissue paper; the drums were tabourets and the sewing-table.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  Surely, Carol shuddered, this was not human flesh, the rosy shining tissue of the amorous poets.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
4  Dante gave him a cachou every time he brought her a piece of tissue paper.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  He cared little that he was in mortal sin, that his life had grown to be a tissue of subterfuge and falsehood.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  It is something like the way Dame Nature gathers round a foreign body an envelope of some insensitive tissue which can protect from evil that which it would otherwise harm by contact.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
7  When standing before certain men the philosopher regrets that thinkers are but perishable tissue, the artist that perishable tissue has to think.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 6 The Two Stand Face to Face
8  The seated throng, filling the immense room without undue crowding, presented a surface of rich tissues and jewelled shoulders in harmony with the festooned and gilded walls, and the flushed splendours of the Venetian ceiling.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
9  No one knew how he achieved the stern task of living, but his name was vaguely associated with racing tissues.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
10  And crested chiefs and tissued dames.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence:
1  They tease tissue for microscopic examinations.
2  "Watson, buried within this tissue of lies there is a kernel of truth; when I find it, the mystery will be solved.".
3  Scientists process skin tissue to mimic embryonic stem cells.
4  Our ultimate goal is to be able to form a pool of stem-cell-like cells that would be able to repopulate the organ or tissue you're trying to repair.
5  Although their main prey is the soft tissue of red corals, they eat other types of corals as well.
6  Doctors planted tiny expandable balloons under each baby's scalp so they'll have enough skin tissue to cover their heads one they're separated.
7  The insect inserts the stinger into the skin and a venom is released into the surrounding tissue.
8  The tumor or lesion is not removed; over time it will be replaced with scar tissue.
9  They will then incubate the viruses in canine tissue cells to see how well they grow.
10  The diseased tissue can be easily invaded by these microorganisms.
11  Rub it on, then immediately wipe it off with a washcloth or tissue.
12  Vitamin C helps maintain healthy connective tissue.
13  Sit your child forward and let the blood drip into a tissue or on to the floor.
14  Heart surgeons use PRP to strengthen tissues in bypass operations, and some plastic surgeons and dermatologists use it as an alternative to facial fillers.
15  The teacher showed the students the pictures of brain tissues.