How to Use lobe in a Sentence
lobe
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The signal was a light tug on the lower lobe of the ear.
—Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 12 Sep. 2017
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The menu offers a caramelized lobe of foie gras for $15 more.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 8 July 2021
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To speak those lyrics in the form of a tune taps into the right parietal lobe.
—Jessica Ravitz, CNN, 12 May 2017
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There are five lobes in the lungs, three on the right and two on the left, Flores explained.
—Ashley Welch, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2018
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The east lobe is the deeper of the two lobes with an average depth of 200 feet.
—Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
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Hens with white feathers and white ear lobes lay white eggs.
—Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2018
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Instead of pits and ridges, they’re marked with folds, lobes and wrinkles.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
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Sideburns should not be more than one-half inch below the bottom of the ear lobe.
—Samantha Brodsky, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2017
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When worn on the same lobe, the unexpected curves stick out even more.
—Indya Brown, The Cut, 27 Sep. 2017
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After decades of being upstaged by the lobes, the rest of the ear is ready for its glow-up moment.
—Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
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The Waukesha native's cancer was in all four lobes of her lungs.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2023
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The inner lobes are bright and short, while the outer lobes are faint and elongated.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 June 2025
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When in doubt, opt for something simple, like a thin silver hoop that hugs the lobe.
—Todd Plummer, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
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The gauges in his ears have been confiscated and the lobes droop along with his spirits.
—David Debolt, The Mercury News, 17 June 2017
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The new cam doesn't have a decompression lobe, so the starter motor has to fight to fire the engine.
—Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 5 Feb. 2023
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Glinting from Gurung’s right lobe was a creamy nacre sphere.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2019
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The western side of that glacial lobe had been showing signs of calving within the past few days.
—Author: Madeline McGee, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2019
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Thompson went on to do a vertical stack of two studs on my right lobe.
—Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 12 July 2022
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And as a perk, Lopez explains that this piercing tends to heal easily, since there's the most blood flow in the lobe.
—Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 29 Oct. 2022
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It was located in the lower lobe of her left lung, a spot that’s much harder to reach.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 26 Sep. 2022
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For the lobe skin to return to at least 80 percent of its original strength.
—Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
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In its natural form its leaves are bright green, star-shaped with bold lobes.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2025
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The tree lives on, two lobes of wood slowly closing around its scar window.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 27 Feb. 2025
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With their deep lobes and complex patterns, its huge leaves may be as much as five feet across.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 19 June 2018
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Body tissue is damaged, and extremities like fingers, toes, ear lobes and the tip of the nose can become numb and appear white or pale.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026
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Who couldn’t use a little frontal-lobe jumpstart?
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2026
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Because of the surrounding gas, one jet lobe is compressed and squashed.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
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Lily Allen's super-short bob hits higher than most with a straight-across cut that falls at her ear lobes and bangs that hover right above her eyebrows.
—Elise Tabin, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
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Earrings with lots of gemstones or intricate designs may weigh your lobes down.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
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The bullet that hit Tarnor in the chest perforated a rib, the upper lobe of both lungs and the right atrium of his heart.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Dec. 2025
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