How to Use cell wall in a Sentence

cell wall

noun

• When lettuce is cut, torn, or bruised, its cell walls break down.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
• His cell walls and floor were found covered with feces and urine.
  — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 31 Jan. 2020
• Fresh, whole fruit has the most fiber because the cell walls are intact.
  — Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 25 June 2023
• As your tomatoes grow in size, more cells with more cell walls are needed.
  — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
• Plants need calcium to build cell walls and grow strong new root tips, shoots, and leaves.
  — Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
• With the pressure of miles of ocean above them, these cell walls are held in a workable shape.
  — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
• Not possible due to the lack of chitin and the structure of the cell walls.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
• Your enzymes can't work on carbs when they're protected by the cell wall.
  — Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
• Inside the membrane of the cell wall, a minute world on which all of life depends.
  — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
• Serna was left lying prone on the floor, her head between the cell wall and floor.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• The stuff that's hurting your eyeballs is gas from inside the cell walls of onions.
  — Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 20 Apr. 2017
• The cell walls break down and leave you with a starchy, mushy potato that isn't pleasant to eat baked or mashed.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2026
• Potatoes are made of cells, and their cell walls act as semipermeable membranes.
  — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2020
• The plant cell wall protects the carbs from dissolving in water.
  — Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
• While tiny, these cells are protected by armored plates, two cell membranes, and a cell wall.
  — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 3 Aug. 2017
• Postbiotics are short chain fatty acids, enzymes and cell wall parts.
  — Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
• Crushing or roasting breaks down plant cell walls, releasing oil.
  — Merve Ceylan, Health, 29 Oct. 2025
• The cell wall structure is still there, so now there’s a sponge-like structure of almost pure carbon.
  — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2021
• When plants freeze the water inside freezes, and that expands the breaks the cell wall, Gieseke said.
  — John S. Marshall, Houston Chronicle, 2 Jan. 2018
• The cell walls act as a semipermeable membrane that only let water through.
  — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2020
• The footage shows Serna stiffen up and fall sideways, her head striking the cell wall.
  — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
• Each cell in that outer ring has a strong cell wall and is normally plump because it’s filled with water.
  — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 25 June 2021
• This causes fat cells to freeze, breaking cell walls and causing cell death (apoptosis).
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
• The incoming water in the potato cells pushes on the cell walls and makes the cells bigger.
  — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2020
• The chitosan that Dyson is using is found in the cell walls of mushrooms, and helps to give the fungi their shape.
  — Samantha Conti, WWD, 15 Aug. 2024
• It is needed for the proper growth and functioning of shoot and root tips and is an integral part of cell walls.
  — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
• Serna is seen remaining in the same position on the floor with her head tucked between the cell wall and cell door.
  — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
• Others expel water from their cells to prevent the freeze-thaw cycle from bursting cell walls.
  — Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 12 Feb. 2026
• Others expel water from their cells to prevent the freeze-thaw cycle from bursting cell walls.
  — Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 14 Feb. 2026
• Genes for making cell walls reverted to a formula found in algae.
  — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026