How to Use toxin in a Sentence

toxin

noun

• The toxin produced by E. coli led to the death of her 2½-year-old son, Kevin.
  — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
• The buildup of toxins in his body had left him comatose.
  — Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• Staff then hooked her up to an IV bag of fluid to help flush the toxin out of her body.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024
• Why else would there be a syringe with that toxin in it?
  — CBS News, 12 Feb. 2022
• The smaller the filter pores, the smaller the pathogens and toxins that can be strained out of your water.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
• Just take a seat on the patio and start shedding those toxins.
  — Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 14 July 2018
• At high levels, the toxin can cause illness and death in pets.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 31 Dec. 2020
• The flowers, leaves, buds, and stalks all contain the poison, but the buds and leaves contain the most toxin.
  — Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living, 17 June 2021
• He was not poisoned with a weapons-grade toxin or found in the wreckage of an aircraft that plunged from the sky.
  — Greg Miller, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• No one knows for sure how the toxin ended up in sun care products.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 17 July 2021
• Once in the Gulf Stream, waves can force the toxin produced to be dispersed in the air, which can be carried by east winds to the beaches.
  — Kimberly Miller, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
• Yarmysh claims Navalny drank tea that appeared to have been laced with a toxin.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2020
• The plant's chemical is an oil, so just rinsing with water will not help clear the skin of the toxin.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2022
• Each species produces a special blend of dozens of toxins.
  — Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
• Children and dogs are said to be the most vulnerable from the toxins.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2019
• Their eggs carry a toxin, too, which can cause skin and eye rashes.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2023
• The toxins damage the cilia and cause the upper airways to swell, according to the CDC.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2024
• Richardson pleads guilty to possession of a toxin for use as a weapon.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 27 May 2021
• In a healthy person, tau and other toxins in the brain are cleared away during sleep, sort of like taking out the garbage.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
• Young toads carry much lower doses of toxin—enough to make the lizards sick but not kill them.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 5 July 2024
• The toxin can prove lethal to predators and even has the ability to cause illness and death in humans.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 2 Oct. 2020
• The eco-friendly toxin-free PVC is scratch- and tear-resistant to hold up to every punch.
  — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2022
• Of those toxins formed, researchers found that more stemmed from terpenes than THC.
  — Brendan Bures, chicagotribune.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• In a strike, the animal releases a toxin from glandular cells at the base of one of the barbs.
  — Katharine Gammon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
• When in fact, the key to solving Alzheimer’s is in a toxin that forms during earlier stages.
  — Diana Tsai, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021
• The doctors say that the toxin was absorbed more quickly because of the hot liquid.
  — Fox News, 20 Aug. 2020
• As for claims that dry brushing can treat cellulite or remove toxins from the body?
  — Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 May 2019
• What's two inches long, has dozens of yellow legs, and oozes a cyanide toxin that smells like cherries?
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 18 May 2021
• Sometimes called lockjaw because an early symptom is muscle pain and spasms in the jaw, tetanus is caused by toxins from a bacterium.
  — Jen Christiansen, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
• Death cap mushrooms earned their name because of their amanita toxins, which cause organ failure within days of consumption.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 7 July 2025