How to Use ingestion in a Sentence

ingestion

noun
  • Make sure to place pots out of reach and avoid ingestion of any part of the plant.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
  • Even a small amount of ingestion is risky if heavy metals, such as lead, are present.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The odor peaked at two hours after ingestion.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Both can be lethal for pets and predators within hours of ingestion.
    Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Signs of ingestion can look like the child swallowed a coin, so be wary, experts said.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022
  • In some cases, lead ingestion can cause seizures, coma or death.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
  • But ingestion isn’t the only risk.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Keep the bowl out of reach of pets to avoid any accidental ingestion.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The ingestion of just 2 milligrams of fentanyl can prove fatal to adults.
    oregonlive, 26 June 2023
  • Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Because of its method of ingestion, crack cocaine produces a quicker and more acute high.
    Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2020
  • After ingestion, the body breaks it down into the latter — and the trip begins.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Cataloging of all data at the point of creation or ingestion.
    Rehan Jalil, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • This side effect is more common with oral ingestion, Rocco says.
    Renée Onque, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Symptoms could appear two to five days after ingestion, the agency said.
    ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • And there was a request by YouTube TV for ingestion rights.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
  • For animal-farm digesters, the process starts with a cow’s ingestion and excretion of feed.
    The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The results could be skewed if health care providers were on the lookout for ingestions, Dodington added.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The last episode suggested a replay of small-creature ingestion.
    James Lileks, Star Tribune, 6 June 2021
  • There was no odor or chemical smell to the sealant, but school standards dictate that any chemical used must have a low ingestion risk.
    CBS News, 15 June 2022
  • To grab a handful and dominate it by ingestion is to shake that certainty, if for only a moment.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2022
  • After three months of daily ingestion, the three groups had some noteworthy differences in weight.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Symptoms can begin anywhere from six hours after ingestion to six days afterward and last between four days and a week.
    Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Exposure can happen via inhalation, oral ingestion, and through the skin.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 7 Apr. 2022
  • As a result, children can open the packaging with ease, which can lead to poisoning by ingestion or even contact with skin.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Olstad says most cases with animal ingestion of edibles work themselves out with the help of time and a dark room where the dog can chill out.
    Jenna Schnuer, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Symptoms typically appear within hours or days after ingestion and can last up to eight weeks.
    Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The first is robust data ingestion and preparation.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Maro says a better way to think about the chimpanzees’ alcohol ingestion is to compare it to sharing a bottle of wine with friends over a meal.
    K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Dysentery of any kind is most commonly spread via the ingestion of food or water that has been handled by an infected person.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025

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