Examples of lubricate in a Sentence
it's not a good idea to use olive oil to lubricate the gears in an appliance
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Gargle With Salt Water Gargling with salt water helps clear away mucus and reduce inflammation while lubricating your throat.
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Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 10 Feb. 2025
Estrogen keeps everything in these areas healthy, lubricated, and moist, and even preserves the skin’s thickness.
—Erica Sweeney, SELF, 20 June 2025
Spirits can offer protection to homes and businesses, ensure a fruitful year or safeguard the health of friends and loved ones — a sip of the Champagne of fruit sodas lubricating these prayers of course.
—Vanessa Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Or, as Philadelphia Eagles fans would have it, go lubricate the lampposts with the tears of their vanquished rivals.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 10 Feb. 2025
Estrogen keeps everything in these areas healthy, lubricated, and moist, and even preserves the skin’s thickness.
—Erica Sweeney, SELF, 20 June 2025
Spirits can offer protection to homes and businesses, ensure a fruitful year or safeguard the health of friends and loved ones — a sip of the Champagne of fruit sodas lubricating these prayers of course.
—Vanessa Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Or, as Philadelphia Eagles fans would have it, go lubricate the lampposts with the tears of their vanquished rivals.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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“Lubricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lubricate. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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lubricate
verb
lu·bri·cate
ˈlü-brə-ˌkāt 
lubricated; lubricating
1
: to make smooth or slippery
2
: to apply a lubricant to
lubricate a car
3
: to act as a lubricant
Medical Definition
lubricate
transitive verb
lu·bri·cate
ˈlü-bri-ˌkāt
lubricated; lubricating
: to make smooth, slippery, or oily in motion, action, or appearance
lubricate the eye
lubricate the skin
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