How to Use tissue in a Sentence
tissue
noun- The drug can damage the body's tissues.
- She wiped her nose with a tissue.
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The rest is stored in your bones and tissues.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
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But have some tissues handy, too.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
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Your tissues weren’t strong enough for the load.
—Danielle Zickl, Outside, 8 Mar. 2026
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Get the tissues out, Pixar has done it again!
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
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This means it can be stored in fat tissue for later use.
—T'keyah Bazin, Verywell Health, 27 Jan. 2026
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Much of this occurs in fat tissue.
—Mallory Locklear, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
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The surgery was a skin graft and tissue transplant from her arm.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 27 Dec. 2021
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The females lay eggs in plant tissue.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
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Scrape the green tissue away as well so the area won’t callous.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
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The flea bite had also caused tissue death in both his hands and feet.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
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The cancer has spread to tissues near the prostate and the lymph nodes.
—Carrie Madormo, Health, 2 Aug. 2025
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To maggots, this dead tissue is food.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 17 May 2026
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Passing hard stool can cause tissues to tear, which can be painful.
—Nicole Hernandez, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
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Expect laughs — but keep tissues handy too.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Don’t want to rush it and get a soft tissue injury if body is not ready.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
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Watch the first trailer above now — but make sure to grab some tissues first.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 May 2024
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Keep tissues in the car and house so kids can use them to blow their noses and rub their eyes.
—Kristi Pahr, Parents, 6 Dec. 2023
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Your purse should not only fit your lip gloss and tissues, but your phone, too.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
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Or just smash them with a flyswatter and clean up with a tissue.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2024
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Some are so small or too deep into your breast tissue to even notice them.
—Rebekah Kuschmider, Health.com, 14 Oct. 2021
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And fat may not be the only tissue involved.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
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And if all of this is in fact true, then Billy will need a tissue.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
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The heads and faces of these four had also a good deal of soft tissue damage.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2022
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Those eggs hatch maggots that burrow and eat live tissue.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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Then, eggs hatch maggots that burrow and eat live tissue.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
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Itching to bring along a hand cream, pack of tissues, or smart reader?
—Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024
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Large chunks of their tissue is ripped out entirely.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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Family and friends used tissues to wipe away tears.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 9 Mar. 2026
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