How to Use betel nut in a Sentence

betel nut

noun

• The new findings extend the potential betel nut use by tens of thousands of years.
  — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
• Brumm also put himself in the mindset of ancient humans and tried sucking on betel nuts himself.
  — Pien Huang, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
• Knowing this, the study’s authors surmise these betel nut habits were self-reinforcing.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
• Chewing betel nuts is a cultural practice in parts of Southeast Asia.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
• Both skeletons had deep rounded grooves in their teeth, apparently caused by constantly sucking on whole betel nuts.
  — ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
• These men were sitting quite still in the late-afternoon heat, catching a break next to a stall that sells paan, a mixture of ground betel nut and flavorings.
  — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
• Human nature Outside researchers say the paper makes a compelling case for ancient betel nut use.
  — Pien Huang, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
• Why there was only one individual who showed evidence of betel nut chewing is still a mystery.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
• About 600 million people today chew on betel nuts —- the brownish green seeds of certain palm trees that are about the size of a walnut.
  — Pien Huang, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
• Researchers have found evidence that ancient humans chewed on betel nuts, a stimulant still widely used today.
  — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
• As each night progressed, ashtrays piled up and bags of betel nuts emptied; every once in a while, Bi’s assistant passed him a glass of milk for nutrition.
  — Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
• And archaeologists not involved with the study are wary of making assumptions as to why ancient people were attracted to betel nuts.
  — Pien Huang, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
• Because of the pain from tooth damage, the may have upped their betel nut consumption, ultimately worsening the addiction.
  — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
• The medical community notes that long-term betel nut use can damage teeth, increase the risk of heart disease, and lead to oral cancer due to the chemicals within.
  — Pien Huang, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
• Critically, the ancient teeth from betel nut chewers are distinguishable because of red staining.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
• But there was a problem—this hypothesis contradicted earlier studies of betel nut usage.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
• The authors posit that people from that period sucked on betel nuts to relieve tooth pain, given that these populations are known to have had bad teeth and arecoline is a natural analgesic.
  — ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
• Archaeologists have mostly found evidence for betel nut chewing in ancient times through easily visible stains and fragments of betel leaves and nuts in teeth.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
• Papua New Guinea, where half of the population's nine million people frequently chew betel nut, now has the world's highest incidence of oral cancer.
  — New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
• Because chewing tobacco with betel nuts is more of a modern practice, its absence from the archaeological samples was expected.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
• According to Science, this implies that a paste was deliberately applied, rather than the staining being a byproduct of chewing betel nuts for a euphoric high.
  — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
• In an unprecedented investigation, Moonkham and his research team decided to look for biological traces of betel nuts in dental plaque.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
• By soaking betel nuts in artificial saliva, the authors concluded that this would release enough arecoline to alter brain function, although the psychoactive effects would be milder.
  — ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
• Traces of arecoline, a stimulant exclusively found in betel nuts, were present in all the reference samples and in three archaeological samples that came from the unstained teeth of a woman.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
• In Taiwan, government health campaigns have seen a drop in use, particularly among younger generations in urban areas, but the betel nut is steeped in the island's history.
  — New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
• Many scientists believe the drug’s primary neuroactive alkaloid, called arecoline, is only noticeable after chewing betel nuts processed with slaked lime.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
• However, the ancient humans living on Sulawesi didn’t necessarily ingest betel nuts for recreational use.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
• Of the 36 samples of dental calculus scraped from ancient teeth, three samples – each from a different molar – had molecular signatures matching the team's reference (control) for betel nut.
  — New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
• As the humid jumble of roaring motorcycles and bubble-tea shops vanishes behind me, knotted electrical wires make way for betel nut plantations and clotheslines in small-town backyards that straddle railroad tracks first built for loggers.
  — Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2020
• Based on findings published in the journal Science Advances, some communities in present-day Indonesia enjoyed the effects of betel nuts as long as 25,000 years ago.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026