How to Use inflammatory in a Sentence
inflammatory
adjective- She had an acute inflammatory reaction to the drug.
- He incited the mob with an inflammatory speech.
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One major study looked at a drug that blocks a key inflammatory signal in the body.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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That is why the study is looking at anti-inflammatory drugs as well.
—Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2022
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That’s putting it in the most neutral, least inflammatory terms.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
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In other words, the cow doesn’t even have symptoms; there are just some inflammatory white cells in the milk.
—Nicholas St. Fleur, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024
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This inflammatory move was a leading cause of the cease-fire’s collapse.
—Hannah Rae Armstrong, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
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Over time, this can trigger an inflammatory response in your child’s body.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 30 July 2025
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Once more, getting on the wrong side of an inflammatory issue.
—NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
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Never mind that the wife’s phone had been missing for a full month before the inflammatory text was sent.
—Lois McLatchie, National Review, 27 June 2021
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Many were based on inflammatory seed oils and had additives that didn’t meet our standards.
—Dave Knox, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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This is not the first time Shull has drawn backlash for his inflammatory comments.
—oregonlive, 21 Sep. 2021
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Avoid saying anything inflammatory that comes across as a threat.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
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Searing inflammatory destruction in my ear spread to my head, neck, throat and down.
—Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Jan. 2022
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The high-fiber group didn’t see the same inflammatory reduction.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
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Trump’s rhetoric about Iran has become more than inflammatory.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
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The liquid suctioned out of her lungs was teeming with inflammatory cells.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 May 2024
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Emails from some of Jones’ colleagues were more inflammatory.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
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Therefore, the inflammatory process induced by skin injury is not all bad.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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Or, pollutants may lodge in the lungs, causing an inflammatory response that spreads and leads to the brain.
—Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 24 Sep. 2022
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The signs range from friendly and funny to inflammatory.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Scott has been less inflammatory than his lawyer in his public statements about the incident.
—Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
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This inflammatory response can move through the body, causing strokes and heart attacks in some people.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2023
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He was put in intensive care for days due to kidney and inflammatory problems.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
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And some people can be fit and have liver problems or fit and have sort of inflammatory bowel problems.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
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Jones did not speak, but Trump himself supplied the inflammatory rhetoric.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2022
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There were also no changes in inflammatory markers, mood or key blood chemistry measures.
—New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
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The Late Show host couldn’t quite work out what Kimmel said that was so inflammatory.
—Peter White, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
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The issue is that cells in a state of senescence release a steady stream of inflammatory molecules.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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It was also believed red spinel could help remedy all types of blood loss and inflammatory diseases.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
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